This is the kind of thing to which I'd normally pay
no attention at all, but I don't get away with that
these days;-)
Anyway, I do reckon this is an important issue and,
stilted language and all, this is very much worth
supporting. So, I'd encourage everyone to try find
out more about it and to support Russ and Bernard in
signing this, and to spread the message locally that
the IETF way of doing this stuff is, while not near
perfect, the best we've seen to date.
S.
On 08/10/2012 04:19 PM, IETF Chair wrote:
The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation
of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm, which can be found
here:
http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/84/slides/slides-84-iesg-opsplenary-15.pdf
An earlier version was discussed in plenary, and the IAB Chair called
for comments on the IETF mail list. This version includes changes
that address those comments.
Th IETF 84 Administrative plenary minutes have been posted, so that
discussion can be reviewed if desired. The minutes are here:
http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/84/minutes/minutes-84-iesg-opsplenary
On 8 August 2012, the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors
approved this version of the document. The approval process is
underway at the W3C as well.
The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation in the
next few weeks. Please send strong objections to the iab(_at_)iab(_dot_)org
and the ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org mailing lists by 2012-08-24.
Thank you,
Russ Housley
IETF Chair