Franck, Brian, (Copies of Brian and Frank emails on this subject below.) Good idea. In my opinion, could be very beneficial to both the IETF and ISOC. In addition, perhaps there are other ways of increasing communication and strengthening both organizations. For the past six months, some of us in ISOC Chapters have talked about starting a speakers bureau. At its simplest, just to collect ISOC chapter contacts and chapter meeting dates, and remind IETF members that when they travel to other cities or countries, think about taking a small amount of time to visit the ISOC chapter there. Both organizations can benefit. In several cases ISOC people have been able to assist visiting IETF people, either advising on local places to stay, tourism, etc. in other cases making important introductions to local people. ISOC France is playing a good role in the coming IETF63 in Paris. ISOC Washington DC organized VIP tours of the U.S. Capitol building during IETF61 Unless there is objection to this, in the next 2 weeks I will come up with a modest proposal, and will ask my local Washington DC ISOC chapter to perhaps support such an effort. After all, ISOC and IETF are limbs of the same tree. How many ISOC people know of the Tao? Extraordinary document, RFC 3160 August 2001: www.ietf.org/tao.html How many IETF people have seen the founding principles for ISOC laid down by Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn, Lyman Chapin in 1992? www.dcisoc.org/Announcing_ISOC.pdf Gene Gaines gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 6:00:22 AM, Brian wrote: > Franck, > That's a good idea. In fact, it's so good that the IETF's EDU team > already has the desire to start a newsletter, with ISOC support. It is > not likely to be monthly (too much effort) but it should be regular. > Brian > Franck Martin wrote: >> I realise the importance of having a newsletter from the IETF that would >> explain every month what is happening in IETF from a non-technical point >> of view. >> >> The newsletter would be about the protocols which are getting developped >> but in non-technical terms (or not too much) so that the general >> population could understand how the Internet is shapping today. >> >> At the moment the world is watching how the SPAM issue will be solved, >> if IETF could monthly indicates initiatives taken by IETF in this sense >> everybody would benefit. >> >> I see that IETF has a strong link with ISOC, ISOC supports IETF to a >> large level, however ISOC individual members (most of them are >> non-technical people) do not know this relationship, nor understand it. >> They also do not understand the day to day activities of IETF. >> >> Scientific/Technical Vulgarisation is urgently needed! >> >> In the Pacific Islands many members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of >> the Internet Society would be interested to learn how IETF is shapping >> the Internet. Speaking with other chapters, they are also strongly >> interested. >> >> To pursue the relationship IETF/ISOC and let's say in general >> IETF/Public I think such monthly newletter is needed (via e-mail it is >> fine). >> >> I put humbly this request in front of the Chair of IETF for action. >> >> Support ISOC individual members and we will support IETF. >> >> Cheers >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf -- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf