Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-10 22:37 From: John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Lilly scripsit: It's not clear to me that the proposal will provide protection against the whims of politicians.  If the definition of CS as a country code changes again under the proposed scheme, how is one to

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:14:42 -0800 From: Randy Presuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ietf-languages Digest, Vol 24, Issue 5 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi - From: Bruce Lilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-11 00:52 From: Mark Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The ABNF is an expression of the grammar that describes the set of all valid tags. No, this is simply incorrect. You cannot expect that any implementation that

Re: BCP-02: Requirements for Outsourced Activities

2004-12-12 Thread Kurt Erik Lindqvist
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-12-09, at 17.02, Bernard Aboba wrote: Suggest this be rewritten to: The IAOC is accountable for the structure of the IASA and thus decides which functions are to be outsourced. All outsourcing must be via well-defined contracts or

Re: BCP-02: Financial statements and Audits

2004-12-12 Thread Kurt Erik Lindqvist
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-12-09, at 16.58, Bernard Aboba wrote: Section 5.1 For bookkeeping purposes, funds managed by IASA should be accounted for in a separate set of accounts which can be rolled-up periodically to the equivalent of a balance sheet and a

Re: BCP-02: Financial statements and Audits

2004-12-12 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Just FYI -- At 7:58 AM -0800 12/9/04, Bernard Aboba wrote: Should the IAOC not be satisified with these financial statements, the IAOC shall have the right to request that the ISOC conduct an audit. ISOC's finances are already audited by an independent auditing firm on a yearly basis. Margaret

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-11 11:53 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our disagreement amounts to a basic question of whether parsers should be written based on the ABNF alone, or based on the ABNF plus other constraints provided in the spec. Clearly,

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
Bruce == Bruce Lilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:14:42 -0800 From: Randy Presuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ietf-languages Digest, Vol 24, Issue 5 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi -

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-11 11:59 From: JFC (Jefsey) Morfin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentlemen, I see several points discussed here which are/are not of the same order and seem confusing the issue. 1. the discussion creeps from Harald's RFC 3066 to

RE: bcp-02: Section 3.4

2004-12-12 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
I guess I am of the less formal type of person. We can send omcplaints/concerns ot IAOC. We ssume IAOC will handle/act on it If they do not, we can start the recall process on them Maybe I am just too simple minded. Bert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Is it just me or what This debate between John and Pete seems to be at such an abstract meta level to me, that I have difficulty to try and see what it means for the IAS BCP doc that I thinkwe are trying to get consensus on. As I said, it could be just me, but I seem unable to map it to any

RE: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread John C Klensin
Bert, I think Pete proposed the IAS BCP should not take effect, regardless of what other provisions it contains, until ISOC modifies their bylaws in a way dictated by the IETF and, presumably, by provisions to be incorporated by the BCP. That strikes me a fairly concrete. My response was,

Re: bcp-02: Section 3.4

2004-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
I've been thinknig more about the issue of the appeal process. Here are some of the questions I have considered and the answers I've found. First, can I provide something I'd like better than the current text? The obvious candidate is the text in draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-00. This would be

Re: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Pete Resnick
On 12/12/04 at 10:44 AM -0500, John C Klensin wrote: ... I want to repeat that my one of my two main concerns is less with your note than with the concern that we are focusing our risk analysis and protection mechanisms in the wrong place. So, this part of the concern basically comes down to a

RE: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Pete Resnick
On 12/12/04 at 9:06 PM +0100, Bert (Bert) Wijnen wrote: This debate between John and Pete seems to be at such an abstract meta level to me, that I have difficulty to try and see what it means for the IAS BCP doc that I thinkwe are trying to get consensus on. As I said, it could be just me, but

RE: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
whatever the merits of Pete's suggestion I think John makes a very important point when he says that it would be better to refer to a RFC by number rather than a BCP by number (and title) because the text can change while keeping the same BCP number (wwhich can not happen for RFCs) - this means

Charset name length(s)

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
On Sun December 5 2004 13:36, McDonald Ira wrote: Hi, Relative to Bruce's suggestion that the 40 character restriction in names applies only to MIBs: (1) MIBs in both SMIv1 and SMIv2 have always supported the ASN.1 standard maximum of 63 characters for identifiers (2) But, due to

Re: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread avri
On 12 dec 2004, at 22.40, Dave Crocker wrote: This is probably not what either one of them is thinking about, but I class their exchange as being concerned with the following question: Is the IETF making itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of ISOC, or is the IETF contracting with ISOC to do some

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 15:31 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ietf-languages- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Lilly Moreover, the point is that countries do change, and that use of country codes (as

Re: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread John C Klensin
--On Sunday, 12 December, 2004 15:04 -0600 Pete Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/04 at 10:44 AM -0500, John C Klensin wrote: ... I want to repeat that my one of my two main concerns is less with your note than with the concern that we are focusing our risk analysis and

IASA BCP -02 Designated Donations - section 5.3

2004-12-12 Thread Lynn St.Amour
Re: ISOC shall create and maintain appropriate structures and programs to coordinate donations intended to support the work of the IETF, and these will include mechanisms for both in-kind and direct contributions to the work supported by IASA. Since ISOC will be the sole entity through

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 15:33 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ietf-languages- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Lilly The point is that under RFC 3066, the bilingual ISO language and country code

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 15:34 From: John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course countries change, and then the numeric country codes change as well. The point is that the alpha codes change for political reasons when there has been *no* change in the

Re: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Dave Crocker
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:36:19 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   are the IETF and ISOC agreeing on a partnership in the administration   of the IETF? The issue that I was raising was about parity of authority. Pete was raising an example that demonstrates a lack of parity in the terms of the

notes on draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
I'm about to send a series of notes abmut draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02 some of these are left over from comments I made on teh earlier version but have not been addressed in -02 others are new comments/suggestions I'll put them in seperat messages to be easier to track Scott

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 3

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version question - what is the backup mechanism for the IAD? (if the IAD were to get truck fade for example) Scott ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 3.1 - ISOC involvement in bugdet

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version This does not seem to admit to the possibility that the ISOC board might say 'wait a minute - you are asking for twice as much money as you got last year - we need to work with you to figure out a funding level that the ISOC can support' - i.e. it is not reasonable to

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 5.4 - oher ISOC support

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version this is far to proscriptive - I do not think that the authors of this document or the general IETF community are accounts - lets establish the requirement that funds be available when needed but not try to dictate the best way for that to be done - let the accountants

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 15:55 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have not responded to the point that accessibility of source ISO standards is supposed to be a major factor, yet the draft itself clearly indicates otherwise. The source for the

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 3.4 - IAOC Decision Making

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version I think it must be made clear that all IAOC decision making involves all IAOC members then in office - not just a subset that might show up at a meeting or on a phone call maybe add: All IAOC decision making includes all IAOC members then in office. Scott

Re: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Carl Malamud
Pete - This debate between John and Pete seems to be at such an abstract meta level to me, that I have difficulty to try and see what it means for the IAS BCP doc that I thinkwe are trying to get consensus on. As I said, it could be just me, but I seem unable to map it to any issue(s)

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 3.4 - appeals

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version I think that the text on appeals is still not clear enough (based on other messages to the list, other people agree) I am very leary of any unlimited ability for IAD (or IAOC) decisions to be appealed - anything like that would be a too easy DoS vector I am most worried

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 3.4 - meeting fees

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
suggest changing appropriate IASA account to appropriate IASA accounts Scott ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 6 - budget process

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version this document assumes a budget cycle of ISOC which does not match reality - I would suggest that this document needs to key of off the ISOC budget cycle and say that the various IAOC IAD milestones must be at least X days before the ISOC budget approval time

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 17:34 From: Mark Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you claiming that sr-CS-891-boont-gaulish-guoyu-boont-gaulish-guoyu-boont-gaulish-guoyu is nonconformant per some specification in the draft proposal?

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 7 - Removability - BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version I'd change BCP publication to using its normal consensus processes (BCP is no magic term and may not survive the newtrk process) I did not see anyone speak up to support the use of the term BCP yet the term (the meaning of which may change in the future) is still used

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 7 - Removability

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
how about adding text that says the ISOC can blow the bolts with the same kind of notice? Scott ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 6 - runaway budgets

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
open from last version the document says: August 1: The IAOC approves the budget proposal for IETF purposes, after any appropriate revisions. As the ISOC President is part of the IAOC, the IAOC should have a preliminary indication of how the budget will fit with ISOC's own

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 19:20 From: Mark Crispin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Bruce Lilly wrote: If by international agreement, 'yz' becomes the designation for that country, then it is rather silly to stick one's fingers in one's ears

Re: Charset name length(s)

2004-12-12 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - Could explain the connection Bruce sees between the limit on the length on descriptors used in writing MIB modules and the tags used for identifying character sets? I thought I understood MIB compiler issuess fairly well, but I seem to be missing something here, as I just can't see how the

Re: Charset name length(s)

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
On Sun December 12 2004 22:52, Randy Presuhn wrote: Hi - Could explain the connection Bruce sees between the limit on the length on descriptors used in writing MIB modules and the tags used for identifying character sets? I thought I understood MIB compiler issuess fairly well, but I

Re: bcp-02: Section 3.4

2004-12-12 Thread avri
Well, A letter of complaint requires no response unless there is something that formalizes the requirement of response. And if there is no procedure indicating that the IAOC needs to pay attention to a letter of complain, that decision, i.e the one to ignore letters of complain, cannot be

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-11 10:48 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ietf-languages- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Lilly My comments are in response to the New Last Call made on

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 13:00 From: Mark Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your claim that the RFC 3066 ABNF itself has a restriction in length is also clearly false. I will quote that again since you seem somehow not to have seen it: I

RE: Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2004-12-12 Thread Dave Crocker
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:06:09 +0100, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:   This debate between John and Pete seems to be at such an abstract meta   level to me, that I have difficulty to try and see what it means for the   IAS BCP doc that I thinkwe are trying to get consensus on. This is probably not

IASA BCP -02 Reserves - section 2.2 /7 and 5.6

2004-12-12 Thread Lynn St.Amour
Bert, Rob, please find below comments on reserves. Thanks again for all your efforts. Section 2.2 7. The IASA shall work with ISOC to (?) establish a target for a reserve fund to cover normal operating expenses and meeting expenses in accordance with prudent planning, and ISOC shall work

draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-02: section 2.1

2004-12-12 Thread Scott Bradner
maybe define the IETF - maybe point to RFC 3233 Scott ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Lilly
Date: 2004-12-12 20:57 From: Peter Constable [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ietf-languages- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Lilly That is not at all the aim here wrt stability; rather, the aim is that a

Re: Charset name length(s)

2004-12-12 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - From: Bruce Lilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ietf-822 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Randy Presuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:39 PM Subject: Re: Charset name length(s) On Sun December 12 2004 22:52, Randy Presuhn