*> *> The official business of the IETF is still conducted -- for free and *> without discrimination -- on open mailing lists. I hope it always *> remains that way. *> Unfortuantley, a lot of experience in the Internet community has shown us that it is very difficult to reach actual DECISIONS on mailing lists, although they work fine for DISCUSSIONs. Maybe we need an online "hum" mechanism to reach mailing-list consensus (but authentication then becomes a problem). Bob Braden _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf