*> *> I think there is a middle ground that can exist - a contract between *> IAOC representing IETF and ISI representing RFC Editor where RFC Editor *> agrees to publish documents submitted to it by IETF (i.e. they'll not *> be able to say no to IETF request to publish document even if RFC Editor *> believes its not ready) and for that RFC Editor receives a funding for *> its operations (which includes ability to publish documents that did not *> go through IETF process). *> Which exactly describes the current situation, I believe. Bob Braden _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf