Dear Franck,
your proposition is a key issue for the stability of the Internet. If IETF
does not provide exposition and recognition to its Members and to its
solutions, the quality of the Membership decreases (RFC 3774), solutions
will be/are worked outside and will not be consistent (within and outside
of the IETF). The problem is who will run the newsletter? With which
authority?
In any case it can only be a _report_ by third informed parties (they MUST
not commit the IETF). If you consider the problem and the budget of various
formulas, it look like there are only two long term, viable, stable and
exciting solutions:
1. a multilingual technical internet paper magazine, sponsoring local
Internet shows and conferences. This should be coupled with the RFC Editor,
for speed and mutual editing services, etc. It would also contribute to the
administration of the Internet standard process. It would also be the right
place for an "Internet Book", an organised updated compendium of the RFC
states of the art. This would be some kind of revolution (as it would
introduced readers feed-back and quality control), with public's comments
Selections and IESG decisions, and multicultural positions. This can only
be something organised by the IASA granting an exclusive right to use IETF
name, logo, etc.
2. a GPL effort to maintain an Internet Book and Sources by a dedicated
group. But this would probably lead to an independent innovative effort.
This does not mean that Drafts authors could not contribute. But it would
be in addition to the Internet standard process. Due to the special needs
of SOPAC, may be could you be interested in participating to such a second
approach. This could permit to plug-in customised standards for special
situations like yours, without disrupting the global architecture.
This is in tune with the questions I rose about experimentation and
ccTLD/LIC's needs not currently supported by IETF and part of the Draft I
prepare. I will have a questionaire sent to ccTLD/LICs. If the issue is of
interest to you, you welcome.
jfc
At 05:08 31/05/2005, Franck Martin wrote:
I realise the importance of having a newsletter from the IETF that would
explain every month what is happening in IETF from a non-technical point
of view.
The newsletter would be about the protocols which are getting developped
but in non-technical terms (or not too much) so that the general
population could understand how the Internet is shapping today.
At the moment the world is watching how the SPAM issue will be solved, if
IETF could monthly indicates initiatives taken by IETF in this sense
everybody would benefit.
I see that IETF has a strong link with ISOC, ISOC supports IETF to a large
level, however ISOC individual members (most of them are non-technical
people) do not know this relationship, nor understand it. They also do not
understand the day to day activities of IETF.
Scientific/Technical Vulgarisation is urgently needed!
In the Pacific Islands many members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the
Internet Society would be interested to learn how IETF is shapping the
Internet. Speaking with other chapters, they are also strongly interested.
To pursue the relationship IETF/ISOC and let's say in general IETF/Public
I think such monthly newletter is needed (via e-mail it is fine).
I put humbly this request in front of the Chair of IETF for action.
Support ISOC individual members and we will support IETF.
Cheers
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