John, JM> Although it may seem silly to JM> some (and some of you may not want to hear from them anyway), the JM> IETF's formatting rules do present a (relatively small) hurdle to JM> public policy advocates and other outsiders. well, this is an unexpected benefit of our formatting rules... the IETF is a technical body, not a place for public policy debates. and to the extent you want to pursue the matter seriously, there are at least two critical items to remembers: 1. The format requirements are easy to satisfy, with support for MS Word and XML-based documents readily available; 2. Technical standards bodies typically have some sort of format standard. Within my limited experience, the IETF requirements are easily the easiest. d/ JM> I personally think that there is value in allowing those less d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> Sunnyvale, CA USA <tel:+1.408.246.8253>, <fax:+1.866.358.5301>