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boilerplate in each template. Add evaluation_process (view_evaluation_desc) and ballot_key (view_key) templates and urls. - Legacy-Id: 108
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{% extends "idtracker/base.html" %}
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{% block idcontent %}
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<h2>Explanation of Discusses</h2>
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<hr>
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<pre>
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The process that the IESG uses for recording and documenting issues
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with documents is called an Evaluation. Evaluations provide a
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mechanism for ensuring that each AD has the opportunity to review each
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document and to keep track of who has (and has not) yet completed an
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evaluation for a particular document.
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The ballot options for all normal evaluations are:
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- "Yes" means "I read it, I think it's good stuff, make it so."
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- "No Objection" means "I would not object if this document went forward".
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examples where No Objection might be used include:
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- I read it & have no problem with it
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- I read the protocol action & trust the AD so have no problem
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- I listened to the discussion and have no problem
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This may be interpreted as "I have no clue or have no cycles",
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in that you exercise the ability to move a document forward on the
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basis of trust towards the other ADs
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- "Discuss" means "I cannot in good conscience send this document forward,
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but if it were fixed in these ways, I would change my vote to 'yes' or no
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objection'", or it may literally mean "I think we need to talk about this."
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Text explaining the "discuss" must be written at the time that the "discuss"
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is placed, saved in the tracker, and sent by email to all affected parties
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(at least the IESG, the document shepherd, and the document author(s), and quite
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likely the WG too).
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Valid criteria for a "discuss" are documented separately.
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A "discuss" is not intended to be a blocking tactic, but a way to
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cause significant improvement in a draft. If we have a legitimate
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issue with a draft, we should return the document to the working
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group (or author) for resolution of the problem as quickly as possible.
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If an AD cannot get cooperation from the working group and cannot vote to
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send a document forward, he or she should switch to "abstain".
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- "Abstain" means "I cannot vote to send this document forward."
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There are two obvious reasons one might vote this way:
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- so strongly opposed to document that I am unwilling to "discuss".
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(note that this should be very unusual)
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- I oppose this document for some philosophical reason but
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understand that others differ and am not going to stand
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in the way of the others
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- "Recuse" means "I cannot vote due to a personal interest in the document"
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The AD is a document author, working group chair, or otherwise
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interested party
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- "Defer" - give me a stated amount of time - one telechat cycle, two
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with the consent of the chair - to read the document. Other discussion
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may and presumably will continue, but no decision will be reached until
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the agreed time has elapsed or the requesters have all changed their
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votes, whichever happens earlier. "Defer" should be avoided as much as
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possible.
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It takes one "yes", with at least 2/3 of all non-recused ADs voting "yes" or
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"no objection", and no "discuss" votes to move a document forward.
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The IESG secretary will refer to the ballot during the telechat, and poll
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anyone who has not recorded an opinion. This is somewhat time consuming. It
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is much better to enter your ballot in advance, and circulate important
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comments and "Discuss" text in advance. If a Discuss can be cleared by email
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before the telechat, everybody wins. During the telechat, the secretary will
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tally the scores and announce the result, leaving us more time for the
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knottier issues or (yes, it has happened) the ability to end the call early.
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Alternative procedure, invoked by the chair in the event that the IESG
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deadlocks in the above process:
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- all ADs must read the document by a time stated.
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- the vote is up-down -
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"yes" means "I read it and it is good stuff"
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"no" means "I read it and it is not good stuff"
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"abstain" means "I read it but I do not feel qualified to comment
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"recused" is as above
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In this case, 2/3 of all non-recused ADs must vote "yes" and not more than two ADs may
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vote "no". Continued deadlock sends it back to the working group.
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</pre>
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<center><form>
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<input type="button" value="close" onClick="window.close();">
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</form></center>
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{% endblock %}
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