[governance] What the IETF is thinking about Prism these days..

[JFC Morfin]

At 14:07 28/09/2013, McTim wrote:
> >> And the IETF does not "thnk" monolithicaly.  There will be a spectrum
> >> of viewpoints inside the IETF as diverse as its participants.  It is
> >> not an "organisation"  per se, rather a group of volunteers (altho
> >> recently it has more of a secretariat than in previous decades.
> >
> >
> > A "secretariat"? This is an interesting point of view.
> >
> > Do you mean by that they tend to endorse external propositions? or that the
> > technology is developped enough to act as rails that IETF is to follow?  or
> > that in becoming an ISOC affilitate, and now adhering to 
> OpenStand they lost
> > independency (and possibly IAB wisdom and/or guidance)? Or something else?
>
>Something else:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(administrative_office)

Sorry, this does not make sense to me: IETF secretariat matters have 
been removed from them and are in charge of the IAOC jointly 
supported by ISOC? Anyway the main point is that your remark seemed 
to imply something in relation with Michael's information on Brian's 
IETF Draft?

Cheers.
jfc


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