Alex:
You are offering a compelling argument to eliminate crediting of any authors on I-Ds etc. We can claim that there is no weight in a consensus based organization, while we struggle to eliminate the practice of 20 plus authors on a draft.
I would assume I'm not the only one to note this inconsistency.
Cheers
Dave
<snipped>
>
>Bingo!
>
>It seems to me that this is the only way to ensure fairness in the IETF, actually. Once
>we start introducing any sorts of preferences or "weights", it may become a too
>attractive backdoor around the IETF process.
>Also, what does "weight" of a liaison or an ID really mean in a _consensus_ based
>organization? That we should suddenly have a worm and fuzzy feeling about that doc? And
>how does this "weight" compare to, for example, the weight of the consensus within the
>IETF to not do what's proposed, if that happens?