Re: IESG powers

["JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>]

On 17:23 26/08/2005, Brian E Carpenter said:
> JFC (Jefsey) Morfin wrote:
> > At 13:08 26/08/2005, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > > JFC (Jefsey) Morfin wrote:
> > >
> > > > just a remark here. In the RFC 3066bis Last Call case the IETF 
> > > > has the capacity not only to "police" but to "impose" and 
> > > > "force". This is the case when a memo documents a IANA registry. 
> > > > In the case of a standard track memo, there can be an appeal 
> > > > before it is imposed. It seems not in the case of a BCP.
> > >
> > > Wrong. IESG approvals of a standards track draft or of a BCP are equally
> > > subject to appeal within two months.
> >
> > Dear Brian,
> > I do not say that BCP are not subject to appeal, but that in the 
> > case of a standard track an appeal delays the enforcement and that 
> > in the case of BCP it does not. My sources are quoted below.
>
> I have no idea what you mean. Neither IETF standards nor BCPs are 
> enforced by anybody - they are what the standards community calls 
> voluntary standards.

Brian,
??? we talk of the enforcement of the IANA considerations. When 
appealed (to IESG and then IAB) when is the IANA to apply the IANA 
considerations:
- of a BCP?
- of a standard track RFC?
jfc



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