"DNP" and "No Problem" Messages to the RFC Editor

["Barbara B. Fuller" <bfuller@foretec.com>]

Dear IESG Members:

Yesterday, Harald and I discussed the format of the messages that the 
Secretariat sends to the RFC Editor conveying the IESG's positions on 
documents that the RFC Editor has asked the IESG to review.  As you know, 
there are basically two types of messages: one that says the IESG has no 
problem with the publication of a document, and one that says the IESG 
recommends that a document not be published.

In the past, the Secretariat used "standardized" text for the first 
sentence of each of these types of messages.  "No problem" messages began 
with the following statement:

"The IESG has no problem with publication of <title> <filename> as an 
Informational (or Experimental) RFC."

"DNP" messages began with the following statement:

"The IESG recommends that <title> <filename> NOT be published as an 
Informational (or Experimental) RFC."

If the shepherding AD provided additional information (e.g., explanations 
or clarifications), and/or an RFC Editor Note, then the Secretariat 
inserted it immediately after the standard opening sentence.

More recently, we seem to have moved away from that procedure in that 
several messages prepared by the shepherding ADs did not contain these 
opening sentences, and the Secretariat forwarded them to the RFC Editor 
*exactly* as submitted.

We would like to re-institute the procedure of "pre-pending" these standard 
opening sentences to these messages.  In this way, the RFC Editor will be 
apprised of the "bottom line" immediately upon opening the 
message.  Therefore, the Secretariat asks that you please begin all "DNP" 
or "No problem" messages to the RFC Editor with the appropriate opening 
sentence.  If you forget to do so, then the Secretariat will insert the 
sentence before the text that you provide.

Please let me know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.

Regards,

Barbara

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Barbara B. Fuller
Acting Executive Director
Internet Engineering Task Force

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