> On Jun 9, 2025, at 9:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm=40labs.htt-consult.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 6/9/25 12:11 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: >> I think that WG chairs need more training. The acknowledgement section in >> RFCs is really the only public carrot that currently have, and we do not use >> that very consistently. Maybe that's a bug. >> This goes beyond meeting selection concerns and whether or not they can physically attend. > > Once upon a time I had my start in the IETF. With TN3270E. You would never know that I worked that group through to our RFCs as the chair. No mention of me. We did not do things that way back then. Then I was part of the 3rd pair of co-chairs for IPsec. That was a trip! That group ate up chairs. No acks. > > Authors and ADs should see to it that chairs at least get ACKs on the RFCs they pulled out of their workgroups. +` 1 to both Michael’s and Robert's comments. LL