[governance] Re: RFC 6852: Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Not to mention that, by a simple extrapolation of M.Pouzin's logic, you would find 80% of the US participants (all the same delegation, right?) at IETF in full agreement with each other.

Which doesn't quite describe the IETF process all that well :)

--srs (iPad)

On 29-Jan-2013, at 17:59, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin at well.com> wrote:
>> About 80% of RFCs are written by US firms employees.
> 
> I think that may be in the ballpark, although I would be curious to
> know where that number came from.
> 
> Even if spot on however, it doesn't mean that RFCs are written by US
> companies.  These people volunteer their time and knowledge to develop
> Standards.  Rarely are they done at the direction of corporates.
> 
> 
> Approval based on
>> decibels guarantees a majority for the more numerous US delegation.
> 
> There isn't a US delegation.  This is not an intergovernmental process.
> 
> Internet
>> draft standards are not exchanged with international standard bodies for
>> comments.
> 
> They are published online for all to see.  Should they be exchanged
> with other standards bodies?
> 
>> The real process is driven by US industry
> 
> I would dispute this statement.
> 
> , and does not conform to
>> the well wishing statements of the document.
>> 
>> Even though the wording smacks of "the flag and motherhood", I don't feel
>> it's worth signing on it.
> 
> It comes from the USA, therefore it is "bad" ?
> 
> What specifically do you object to?
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
> 
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