On Friday, May 31, 2013, Abdussalam Baryun wrote: > > So lets be explicit. This is a standards-setting body, which is > discussing > > outreach, inclusiveness, wider participation outcomes, and the cost > > consequences on attendance where the core motivation is standards > setting. > > Yes, let's be explicit, we need to discuss the IETF meeting not > discuss the IETF business, IMHO, meetings are for establishing better > connection between the IETF and the Internet-Community.
The primary purpose of meetings is to solve problems that cannot be solved by e-mail. > IMHO, IETF is > not just a standards-setting body, please read what it says about > itself: > > IETF> The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by > producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence > the way people design, use, and manage the Internet. > IETF> The IETF is a Large open international community of network > designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the > evolution of the Internet architecture and the and the smooth > operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. > Yes and the way that concern is expressed is through technical problem solving and documentation. The IETF also _assists_ in outreach but that is not the primary mission of making the Internet work better. Don't forget that the Internet is changing and that the Internet > Community is changing, the IETF SHOULD follow thoes changes :-) > I don't know what the smiley is supposed to connote, but the IETF responds to changes in the community by changing its engineering goals and the problems it works on.
