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From: "Tony Hain" <tony@tndh.net>
To: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
Cc: <iab@iab.org>, <iesg@ietf.org>
Subject: IAB response to appeal : Bernstein - namedroppers mismanagement
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 12:18:10 -0800
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Mr. Bernstein,

The IAB has considered your appeal about the IESG decision on alleged
mismanagement of the namedroppers mail list and does not find any action of
the IESG which requires annulment or correction, or any other action that
would be advisable for the IAB to take with respect to this matter.

As you will note from RFC 2026 section 6.5.2:   ' ... The IAB may not,
however, pre-empt the role of the IESG by issuing a decision which only the
IESG is empowered to make.'

Given that your response on 12/13/2000 claimed our initial interpretation of
the complaint was 'horribly inaccurate', and lacking the requested succinct
statement of issues to be addressed (as well as keeping with the
aforementioned section), the only item left for us to review was the
procedural handling of this case by the IESG.

The IAB reviewed the IESG record, has concluded that you were given ample
opportunity to raise your concerns with the relevant AD's, and that they
were addressed in an appropriate manner. The IAB therefore concludes that
there was no procedural breakdown in the manner of the handling of the
appeal by the IESG.

Tony Hain
   for the IAB