> Are you objecting to the way the past political actions of the > IETF/IAB have turned out (e.g., the ICANN MESS) or advocating the > concept that the IETF should now somehow cease being a political > action organization. The IETF is an engineering body. If you'd like we can also revisit the decision to privatize NSFNet, but perhaps we should take it to the aft working group mailing list - it could do with some activity. Melinda