It was Randy Bush who was simultaneously Routing AD and DNSEXT chair.
When the WG decided on things he did not like he invented processes to block them.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Anderson [mailto:dean@av8.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:13 PM
> To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip
> Subject: RE: are we willing to do change how we do
> discussions in IETF? (was: moving from hosts to sponsors)
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
>
> > > From: Jeffrey Hutzelman [mailto:jhutz@cmu.edu]
> >
> > > > I do think that there should be a fixed rule
> prohibiting members
> > > > of the IESG being WG chairs. I would also include the IETF
> > > chair in this.
> > >
> > > I don't. While I agree this should be a rare occurrance, I have
> > > seen no evidence of a problem that such a rule would be
> intended to
> > > address. If it's not broken, why spend time trying to "fix"
it?
> >
> > I was unable to appeal to the IESG against what I
> considered to be a
> > very grave abuse of position by a chair precisely because I
> was warned
> > that there was no prospect of getting a fair hearing as he was a
> > member of the IESG.
>
> Who was this? Can you fill me in on what happened?
>
> > I don't think we wish to go into old history again here.
> The point is
> > that there have been ADs who were also working group chairs in the
> > past and that this situation is not compatible with an open or fair
> > process.
> >
> > The reason I believe that there should be a fixed rule is
> that it is impossible to fix this situation after the problem
> has arisen without recognizing that there is a problem and
> thus endorse the implication that the AD in question has in
> fact abused their position as chair rather than merely
> recognizing the potential for abuse.
> >
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