Re: [wg-c] Pleading on the "two-post" rule

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

(wasting one of my two postings, and being glad that today is Sunday and 
slow...)

At 04:16 PM 10/10/1999 , A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>2. There is no apparent notice of this rule anywhere;

Tony filters his mail, so he has apparently missed the reminder about the 
notification posting of THREE WEEKS AGO.

Someone might want to forward him my posting of yesterday and/or the 
original notice.

>7. Such a rule is essentially unknown in any kind of
>administrative, judicial process, and industry body
>activity.  If there is any agency or judicial body in

Given claims of Internet expertise there is benefit in having yet-another 
strong demonstration of actual ignorance, in spite of the painfulness in 
that demonstration.

Posting limits are not common on the Internet, but they are far from 
unknown, including for working groups.

>8. Such a rule is also definitely unknown in the on-line
>or Internet world where interactive discussions have
>been the hallmark and the strength of the medium, and

Sigh.  See previous paragraph.

>9. In the instant case, a rule is being propagated that
>defeats the very purposes for which these groups were
>created.  They are, after all, "working groups."

Yup.  Requiring participants to choose their words and submissions 
carefully sure is an onerous limitation.  For some.

>12. Such a rule is also inherently arbitrary and vague.
>Which time zone gets used for applying the rule?  The

It's always impressive to see serious expertise in nit-picking that, 
thereby, manages to avoid dealing with serious issues.

d/

ps.  Since Tony has chosen to expand the scope of his audience in this 
matter, I'm again including a bit of data to document the basis for my 
having knowledge about online decision-making practise:  I was an IETF area 
director over the standards process, wrote about 1/2 of the original IETF 
process standard document, and wrote most of the IETF document for Working 
Group Chair Guidelines, as well as a book chapter and ACM article on the 
IETF process <http://www.brandenburg.com/ietf/ietf-stds.html>.)


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