IETF Role other than as Standards Body

[Margaret Wasserman]

At 04:26 AM 3/25/2003 +0100, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>When sloganeering (which I have occasionally done), I've used the phrase 
>"The IETF is about making the Internet work".

ISOC has a nicely worded mission statement:

"To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for
the benefit of all people throughout the world."

Does it make sense to think of the IETF as sharing that mission?

Margaret