process question

[Edward Lewis <edlewis@arin.net>]

From 2026:

> 6.2  Advancing in the Standards Track
>
>    A specification shall remain at the Proposed Standard level for at
>    least six (6) months.

When does this clock start ticking?

We had a set of docs approved and entered into the RFC editor queue 
on June 2, but they hung up on a (now-approved) reference.  It's been 
almost 4 months since approval, but one could argue that until the 
RFC's hit the repository, no one can really gain experience with them 
to justify Draft Standard development.

Are we 4/6ths of the way to the next milestone, or still 0/6ths?

PS - I doubt that the current WG will do the DS level (per discussion 
with the AD's), I'm just trying to figure out what to say to the 
mailing list when we finally get the okay to shut down the current WG.

PPS - I realize the 6 months is not the "main hurdle" to becoming DS.
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