Re: Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Meng Weng Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 05:56:26PM -0400, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
> | 
> | As you know I co-chair the ASRG. With the main list and other co-chair 
> | duties, I will not be able to follow the progress of this sub-group 
> | always, but both Paul and myself will be monitoring the list and 
> | checking the archives once in a while. Please feel free to forward to us 
> | any questions that you think should be asked to the IAB, IESG or IETF 
> | folks, so we can forward them to the proper parties. Also, please keep 
> | the main list updated on your progress.
> | 
> 
> If we have an irreconcilable disagreement, or a fundamental difference
> in goals, what dispute resolution mechanism do you want us to use?
> 

I would suggest the following:
1. Group consensus.
2. If not possible then a decision by Alan.
3. If not possible then throwing a message to the main list seeking 
comments, then revisiting the question as a group.
4. Co-chairs.

In cases where questions of Internet architechture are involved, it is 
better to pass the question up to the IAB. In cases of a technical 
expert opinion that is required such as some DNS quirk, it is better to 
pass on the question to the IESG or a related WG on the IETF side.

Yakov