Re: bring sense to the ietf - volunteer for nomcom

[Michael Shields <shields () msrl com>]

In article <200009071354.WAA27086 () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>,
Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp> wrote:
> Note that BCP9, RFC2026, says:
>
>    publication for comments before proceeding further.  The RFC Editor
>    is expected to exercise his or her judgment concerning the editorial
>    suitability of a document for publication with Experimental or
>    Informational status, and may refuse to publish a document which, in
>    the expert opinion of the RFC Editor, is unrelated to Internet
>                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    activity or falls below the technical and/or editorial standard for
>    ^^^^^^^^
>    RFCs.
>
> I should accept a fact that Jon Postel is really dead.

Yes, the RFC Editor "may refuse".  From BCP 14 / RFC 2119: "This word,
or the adjective OPTIONAL, mean that an item is truly optional."
-- 
Shields.