r&d afrac <rd at afrac dot org> wrote: > "RFC 3774 2.2.6: Members of this affinity group tend to talk more > freely to each other and former members of the affinity group - this > may be because the affinity group has also come to share a cultural > outlook which matches the dominant cultural ethos of the IETF (North > American, English speaking). Newcomers to the organization and > others outside the affinity group are reluctant to challenge the > apparent authority of the extended affinity group during debates and > consequently influence remains concentrated in a relatively small > group of people. Quick show of hands: How many people think M. Morfin has been hampered by a reluctance to challenge the rest of the Working Group? > This reluctance may also be exacerbated if participants come from a > different cultural background than the dominant one." Which of your objections to the draft are based on your French-speaking, French-national cultural affiliation, such that they would not be adequately understood by North Americans or English speakers? Not everything is discrimination. Consider the possibility that the objections to your proposals have a technical basis, rather than being ad-hominem. -- Doug Ewell Fullerton, California http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf