MAJOR ISSUE: "Concentration of power"

[Randy Bush]

> I felt this way during my early IETF involvement.  I
> could see places where I could contribute, and I believed
> that I had the ability and commitment to make a real
> contribution to the IETF (opinions may still differ on
> that ;-)), but I didn't understand how to sign-up...

please find an example of some organization where you were
a newbie and did not have that problem.  now see if you can
distill why not.  would be a good example for the solution
space.

randy