<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Indeed, internet drafts at the IETF have built in expiration for an example closer to home. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Owen</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 11, 2026, at 20:46, Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>
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<p dir="auto">That idea speaks for itself. I digress—this isn’t a unique concept; legislatures have long had “selection pressure” baked in. </p></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:21px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="auto">HTH,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-M<</div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:21px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:21px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:21px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span>On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 22:23 William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 9:39 AM Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> If a draft policy can’t reach recommended status, for whatever reason, within 18 months it automatically dies.<br>
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Hi Martin,<br>
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Can I ask you to expand on your thinking here? What would such a rule<br>
accomplish? Why is that a good thing?<br>
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Are you thinking that the AC doesn't promptly identify when propopals<br>
won't reach consensus and thus abandons them late?<br>
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Two notes:<br>
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1. When you have a better way than a draft on the docket, nothing in<br>
the PDP prevents a competing policy proposal. The AC could make a hash<br>
of managing it, but the process itself offers no obstruction.<br>
<br>
2. Many of the steps in the petition process don't depend on the AC<br>
acting. For example, a draft policy is eligible for a petition to<br>
advance to recommended after it has been active for 90 days,<br>
regardless of AC action or inaction. If, for example, you thought the<br>
AC was dragging its feet on the IPv6 formula corrections, you could<br>
petition that now and give us a good spanking. :)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Bill Herrin<br>
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