IESG proposed statement on the IETF mission

[Keith Moore]

> One  would hope instead that the  IETF would want to
> encourage competition between different  views of Internet evolution, as the
> competition of ideas is the way to make progress. 

what I would say instead is that the IETF should encourage this competition 
within the sphere of architectural discussion - well in advance of development
of specific standards or deployment of specific products.