Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-22 Thread Greg Skinner
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:29:34PM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote: > Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:50:44AM +, > > Paul Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > a message of 32 lines which said: > > > >> in the IETF, the naysayers pretty much kick the consenting adults' >

RE: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-21 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
c: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: > mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C) > > Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:50:44AM +, Paul Vixie > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote a message of 32 lines which said: > > &

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Vande Walle
Paul Hoffman wrote: > Why the IETF? Why not ISOC, an organization that has expertise and > experience is asking such questions? ISOC already has local chapters > throughout the world, ISOC has a friendly membership policy, and ISOC > has good relations with the IETF for discussing proposed improve

Re: I18n of email addresses (Was: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Peter Dambier
How about http://xn--8pru44h.xn--55qx5d/ and their email can be found: ; <<>> DiG 9.4.0b4 <<>> -t any xn--8pru44h.xn--55qx5d @ns5.ce.net.cn. ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59227 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANS

I18n of email addresses (Was: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:13:01PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 49 lines which said: > In fact, it may be necessary to attach a language tag (defined in > RFC 4646 and 4647) to these addresses in order to make this fully > possible. That would be a very bad i

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 4:24 PM +0200 9/20/07, Patrick Vande Walle wrote: My proposal for the IETF would be to ask the actual users, large and small, through different mechanisms to be defined, what are the issues that limit their use of the Internet, see what is relevant to the IETF work and assign priorities to the

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Marc Manthey
On Sep 20, 2007, at 6:29 PM, Peter Dambier wrote: Daniel Senie wrote: At 04:18 AM 9/20/2007, you wrote: Interesting discussion. I am envolved in two groups develloping around OpenWRT. One group (some 2000 members) is trying to TORify a < dollar 150 router the other group (some 30 members)

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Peter Dambier
Daniel Senie wrote: At 04:18 AM 9/20/2007, you wrote: Interesting discussion. I am envolved in two groups develloping around OpenWRT. One group (some 2000 members) is trying to TORify a < dollar 150 router the other group (some 30 members) is trying to IPv6 that very same software. I dont kno

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Peter Dambier
Daniel Senie wrote: At 04:18 AM 9/20/2007, you wrote: Interesting discussion. I am envolved in two groups develloping around OpenWRT. One group (some 2000 members) is trying to TORify a < dollar 150 router the other group (some 30 members) is trying to IPv6 that very same software. I dont kno

RE: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread michael.dillon
> Over the last ten years, I explained a zillion times to my > management, workmates, etc. why e-mail addresses cannot > contain accented characters, only to be asked when the IT > department of the organization is going to "fix it". This is > the archetypical example of an issue that has been

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Patrick Vande Walle
As the original blog poster, let me answer and expand a bit: Jeroen Massar wrote: > What is defined as an 'end-user'? > You, me, the rest of the people, are all end-users IMHO. > >From those one billion Internet users, there are several millions IT professionals who do not participate in the IE

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-20 Thread Peter Dambier
Interesting discussion. I am envolved in two groups develloping around OpenWRT. One group (some 2000 members) is trying to TORify a < dollar 150 router the other group (some 30 members) is trying to IPv6 that very same software. I dont know how big the OpenWRT devellopers group is. They are end

Re: [SPAM] Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Lynnold M Wini
My very first contribution to this mailing list - pardon me, I am nervous :-) . I agree with suggestion that it would make more sense to improve linkages "to the OPERATOR community (e.g.NANOG)" as opposed to the end-user. I follow the discussions on this forum but admit that although technic

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
I'd be careful about using the ICANN/ALAC example as proving much of anything other than if a group wishes to set up some window-dressing so it can say users are consulted, and ensures that the users have no particular influence in the group's activities (compared to every other represented int

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Ole Jacobsen
I think this largely depends on what is defined as an "end-user". The reason the ALAC is failure is that there is a complete mismatch between the stuff ICANN does and what these "end users" THINK ICANN does or should be doing. The ALAC members are largely made up of "civil society" or "politi

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Jeroen Massar
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:50:44AM +, > Paul Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > a message of 32 lines which said: > >> in the IETF, the naysayers pretty much kick the consenting adults' >> asses every day and twice on sunday. and that's the real problem >> here,

Re: Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 10:11 PM +0200 9/19/07, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: Time to have a formal representation of end-users at the IETF? http://patrick.vande-walle.eu/internet/how-can-the-engineering-community-and-the-users-meet/ (My personal worry about this proposal is that there is zero organisation of end-user

Representation of end-users at the IETF (Was: mini-cores (was Re: ULA-C)

2007-09-19 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:50:44AM +, Paul Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 32 lines which said: > in the IETF, the naysayers pretty much kick the consenting adults' > asses every day and twice on sunday. and that's the real problem > here, i finally think. Time to have a form