Re: next steps on reviewing the appeal process

[Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>]

I think the basic point is that appeals are disruptive to the process
and do create some sense of uncertainty. The longer it takes to
resolve an appeal (for whatever reason) the longer the uncertainty.
In the IPv6 case, the chairs have stated that Tony's appeal led some
authors to not want to reissue documents lest the work be pointless.

So, it would generally help the process if appeals were dealt with
more quickly than they sometimes seem to be. (Not that this makes it
any easier to actually deal with them quickly...)

Thomas