I must be missing something. It seems to me that this BCP is for defining
the administrative function and how that administrative function will
interact with its parents (IETF and ISOC).
It does not seem to me that there is any reason to have, in this document,
an attempted definition of the Internet. Even the "definition" of the IETF
in the document is primarily for context rather than as an effort to
actually "define" the IETF.
Yours,
Joel M. Halpern
At 07:26 AM 12/8/2004, JFC (Jefsey) Morfin wrote:
If we want to get WSIS support and subsequent R&D public fundings as RFC
3869 calls for, we need a short and clear description, in the draft, of
what is discussed today. A statement that everyone can understand, quote
and consider as acceptable whatever the changes the Internet Governance
may meet. I came with the following draft and tested it around (please do
not consider the language but the ideas) :
"The internet is the adherence to the humanity common property made of the
Internet documents published by the RFC Editor, of the common parameters
made available on-line by the IANA and of the data and sources necessary
to their management. Documents are authored by the IETF under the
architectural guidance of the IAB and the long terms consideration of the
IRTF, along an online and face to face process conducted by the IESG. The
common administrative support [of these to be legally defined entities] is
transparently carried by the IASA, a clerical funtion entrusted into ISOC.
The online management of the IANA has been delegated to ICANN."
I note that this is a statement every Governement should accept. The
reference to ICANN at the end of the text permits to link that paragraph
with a second paragraph which would present the Intenet intergovernance as
it will be recommended by the coming Tunis submit. Hammering this would
probably be the best reponse to the currently developped idea of an
industry/governement/users sponsored and maintained "Internet/NGN
Reference Book and Sources" which would probably lead to several versions
and to a balkanization of the Internet. We should remember that 99% of the
decision makers influencing the Internet deployment totally ignore what is
the Internet standard process. They are the target of such a reference
statement.
This statement however needs a legal definition of the IETF. The only
definition included in the draft is "The IETF is a consensus-based group,
and authority to act on behalf of the community requires a high degree of
consensus and the continued consent of the community". I would suggest to
use an "open consortium of the voluntaries participating into the Internet
standard process". This seems a fair description of the reality and gives
a common sense framework, clearly defining how and why the "IETF" may
receive monies and get them managed. I also understand that managing a
"trust" is a well defined function which protects the rights and the
property of the truster whatever happens while permitting the trustee to
do what Margaret describes. In any case, everyone of non American legal
culture will understand it the way you want the things to work - what will
permit help donations decision.
The whole statement would then read :
"The internet is the adherence to the humanity common property made of the
Internet documents published by the RFC Editor, of the common parameters
made available on-line by the IANA and of the data and sources necessary
to their management. Documents are authored by the IETF under the
architectural guidance of the IAB and the long terms consideration of the
IRTF, along an online and face to face process conducted by the IESG. The
common administrative support of the open consortium of the voluntaires
participating into this process is transparently carried by the IASA, a
clerical funtion entrusted into ISOC. The online management of the IANA
has been delegated to ICANN."
jfc
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