Ray - the idea is that you don't need to - the purpose of the IETF as a standards development platform is to provide the "opportunity for participation" and not the "enforced mandatory participation" - after all the IETF is not a slave march (or is it :-) (Damn this is scary Harald - I am defending the IETF - what's wrong with this picture?)... Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Plzak" <plzak@xxxxxxxx> To: "'Bruce Campbell'" <bruce.campbell@xxxxxxxx>; "'todd glassey'" <todd.glassey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "'Harald Tveit Alvestrand'" <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Christian Huitema'" <huitema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ietf@xxxxxxxx>; <problem-statement@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:07 AM Subject: RE: Proposed statement quotes wrong numbers > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ietf@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ietf@xxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Bruce Campbell > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:00 AM > > To: todd glassey > > Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Christian Huitema; > > ietf@xxxxxxxx; problem-statement@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Proposed statement quotes wrong numbers > > > > > > ( But theres still a lot more than just 700 people who > > participate in the > > IETF ) > > > > --==-- > > Bruce. > > There are certainly more than 700 who attend. I don't know if you can > characterize them as all participating. > > Ray > >