Just so some of the gallery is heard from on the list, I am presuming 
that they are also counting the input from the survey.
I have no idea how many people responded to that, nor what they said.
I know that I indicated that I thought this was reasonable as long as 
certain specific risks had been evaluated by the IAOC.  (With the 
implication that I trusted them to make that judgment.)
The only reason I am posting this is so that it is clear to folks that 
not all the input has been on this list.
Yours,
Joel
Adam Roach wrote:
On 9/24/09 18:31, Sep 24, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
To repeat: The IAOC does not think we are in any real danger of having 
our meeting disrupted or terminated due to actions which would be 
deemed in violation of the clause in question. We expect a meeting in 
China to be just like any other IETF meeting and we will be saying 
more about this soon. Stay tuned.
   
Earlier in this thread, I had interpreted your comments being a 
representation of your opinion on the topic. However, your later emails 
imply (or, as above, expressly state) that you are speaking on behalf of 
the IAOC.
If the statement of "everything will be okay, and the concerns of 
several dozen IETFers are misplaced" is your personal opinion, then I 
completely understand. I know that there has been a *lot* of work behind 
the scenes to pull this together. It would be very hard to be involved 
in that work without becoming deeply emotionally invested in the 
outcome. I honestly sympathize with your position, and completely 
understand why you would hold it personally.
However, if the position you have repeatedly espoused is actually a 
formal statement of the IAOC's position, then I am worried about the 
IAOC's motives in starting this thread. That would make it seem that the 
"request for community guidance" was actually a request for a pro-forma 
approval of the IAOC position. If you are speaking as an IAOC 
representative, then your goal in this thread appears to have been 
exclusively aimed at attempting to refute or dismiss the community's 
concerns, rather than listening to them.
I don't mean to imply that there hasn't been a smattering of support for 
your position. But on the balance, if I had to call consensus on this 
question, it would definitely fall on the side of "there is significant 
community concern about this provision."
Your statement that I quote above is a continuation of your pattern of 
interaction on this thread: dismissing any concerns that anyone has 
raised on the topic. And that would be fine as a personal position. 
However, you are now attributing your position of wholesale dismissal to 
the IAOC.
In which case I would humbly offer some advice: if the IAOC is not 
willing to accept community input, it should not have solicited it.
/a
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