IESG proposed statement on the IETF mission

todd glassey todd.glassey at worldnet.att.net
Thu Oct 23 17:13:21 CEST 2003


Harald - perhaps the problem is that the IETF's preferences are the issue.

Todd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald at alvestrand.no>
To: <erosen at cisco.com>
Cc: <problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: IESG proposed statement on the IETF mission


>
>
> --On 23. oktober 2003 09:51 -0400 Eric Rosen <erosen at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Harald> I  don't  think that  it's  necessary for  the  IETF  mission to
> > be Harald> consistent with every decision we've taken in the past.
> >
> > If your "mission statement" is  inconsistent with MANY of the decisions
> > that have been taken  in the past, then  you should admit that you  are
> > trying to change the IETF's  mission to suit your own  preferences,
> > rather than trying to codify any existing practice.
>
> True. But I don't want to close out the option of admitting that adopting
> TRADE, FORCES, OPES or SPEECHSC was a mistake, or that we shouldn't have
> kicked HTML work out of the IETF and into the World Wide Web Consortium,
if
> that's what the community thinks.
> All of these were debated at the time the decisions were made. It would be
> a surprise if we, using 20/20 hindsight, were to conclude that we did the
> right thing every time.
>
> Note: If I was trying to change the IETF's mission to suit my own
> preferences, this discussion would be shorter. I'm trying to change the
> IETF's mission to suit the *IETF*'s preferences.
>
>                Harald
>
>



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