On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002, at 10 h 3, > Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com> wrote: > > > I like that we have individuals at the ietf meetings rather than company > > representatives, IETF participation allegedly does not require meeting attendance, although keeping up without attending is increasingly hard. You're more likely to find interested *individuals* and amateurs on IETF mailing lists than attending IETF meetings; anyone at a meeting should have an agenda beyond pure interest. L. > Yes, it is written in RFC 3160 and in many papers about the IETF process. > But we all know it is pure theory. Not many individuals can pay for the > trip to Yokohama or Atlanta (and the time it takes to actually read and > understand the issues). It is a company which decides who goes and what > for. It is a company which organizes its IETF activity. > > It reminds me of the discussion in high-level sports where people still > pretend that some athletes are "amateurs". There are no longer amateurs > in the IETF. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>