On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:56:22 -0800, Ted Hardie wrote: > ISOC has proposed this: > > This document describes the structure of the IETF Administrative > Support Activity (IASA) as an IETF-managed activity housed within the > Internet Society (ISOC). > to replace this: > This document describes the structure of the IETF Administrative > Support Activity (IASA) as an IETF-controlled activity housed within > the Internet Society (ISOC) legal umbrella. > > Speaking personally, I strongly prefer "controlled" to "managed", > and I believe that the formulations we've used up to now intended > the "under ISOC's wing" view that "IETF-controlled" implies. Changing > it weakens a formulation that is core to the community consensus > that we've built over time, and I don't think it is a good idea. "IETF-managed" means that it is managed by the IETF? Yet isn't that exactly what it is NOT. It is an IETF activity, managed by an ISOC employee. Or maybe the real is really is about control? One thing that is likely is that a negotiation that involves this degree of disparity of language also involves strategic disparities between the two groups doing the negotiating. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking +1.408.246.8253 dcrocker a t ... WE'VE MOVED to: www.bbiw.net _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf