On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Melinda Shore
<melinda(_dot_)shore(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
On 1/29/17 4:39 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
The folk at the head of the current administration don't care about such
statements. But perhaps others who can effect change might.
Right, including our congressional representatives. There is
likely to be a legislative response to what the administration
is trying to do, and if industry bodies speak up that can
provide them additional support and cover, I think.
I do think that issuing both IETF-only and joint statements
with other organizations would be a good thing.
Don't forget the courts, while I doubt the IETF would have standing, or the
finances, to actually be a litigant, but it could prepare few amicus briefs
explaining the impact of this overreach on the IETF. They might even be
useful in the court and legislative hearings that will undoubtedly occur.
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