Re: If Muslims are blocked by the U.S., should the IETF respond?

I agree with Alejandro, we do not need to go all the political road but at
least the IETF should say something about this and express its concern.

Regards
as

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 at 16:41 Alejandro Acosta <
alejandroacostaalamo(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>    I just want to say something very short: I don´t believe IETF should
> take a political position but at the same time I believe that IETF should
> express something in this matter (not necessarily is political).
>
>   The worst thing we can do is do not say anything.
>
>   I fully agree with Kathy Brown post and IACR statement.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Alejandro,
>
>
> El 30/1/17 a las 1:44 p.m., Alia Atlas escribió:
>
> There is already an ISOC blog.
>
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2017/01/message-internet-society-president-and-ceo-kathy-brown
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Michael StJohns 
> <mstjohns(_at_)comcast(_dot_)net>
> wrote:
>
> On 1/30/2017 11:53 AM, Melinda Shore wrote:
>
> On 1/30/17 7:30 AM, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> but sadly, i do not think the ietf has the guts and the vision to even
> do what an organization such as the iacr, crypto assn which has long
> experience with real politik etc. has done, [ ... ]
>
> Over the years it has become clear that being a consensus-oriented
> organization with a diverse participation makes it impossible for
> the IETF to make statements like this.  It would need to come from the
> chair, the IAB chair, or the I*.  (Yes, I think this is a problem)
>
> Melinda
>
>
>
>
> To be fair, the IACR, ACM etc are professional organizations; we the IETF
> are not.  Professional organizations (cf your state bar association, the
> American Medical Association and the like) are all about standardizing
> people, not things.  As such, they are more able to come up with a
> consistent public message.
>
> To expect us to be able to behave like one of them without a restructuring
> to become one of them is probably wishful thinking. Becoming one of them
> would probably be detrimental to our main mission of improving the internet.
>
> We are associated with two organizations that are, by charter, mostly
> outward facing: the IAB and the ISOC.  The latter organization is probably
> the right one to take point on statements of mostly political content
> related to issues that affect our mission.   I would like to suggest that
> we (the IAB and IESG and IETF Chair) request the ISOC draft a message along
> the lines of what the ACM and IACR and others have already written.  This
> would include such details as the affect on the IETF's meetings and the
> ISOC's outreach program and would ask them to incorporate suggestions from
> the IETF community on content (but leaving the wording to ISOC).  I'd also
> suggest they provide a signature page where IETF community members may
> endorse the ISOC message.
>
> I would further suggest that a faster but not perfect note is better than
> the alternative.
>
> Mike