The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm, which can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/84/slides/slides-84-iesg-opsplenary-15.pdf An earlier version was discussed in plenary, and the IAB Chair called for comments on the IETF mail list. This version includes changes that address those comments. Th IETF 84 Administrative plenary minutes have been posted, so that discussion can be reviewed if desired. The minutes are here: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/84/minutes/minutes-84-iesg-opsplenary On 8 August 2012, the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors approved this version of the document. The approval process is underway at the W3C as well. The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation in the next few weeks. Please send strong objections to the iab@iab.org and the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2012-08-24. Thank you, Russ Housley IETF Chair
