Paul Hoffman wrote: > Why the IETF? Why not ISOC, an organization that has expertise and > experience is asking such questions? ISOC already has local chapters > throughout the world, ISOC has a friendly membership policy, and ISOC > has good relations with the IETF for discussing proposed improvements to > the Internet. I founded an ISOC chapter some years ago among others to see how users could provide input to the standards development process. However, there is no mechanism to consult, collect and present such information in an organized way. You could say that, as an ISOC trustee, I would need to submit a proposal to the board, and this is exactly what I intend to do. Keep in mind though that those volunteers in chapters may expect that some consideration and feedback is being given to their (sometimes non technical) comments. If they are by default considered irrelevant, hobbyist rubbish, this may kill the process in the egg. Part of the goal of this discussion, for me, is to see how the IETF community welcomes such a proposal. If I get the impression that it is not supported, I won't spend more time on it. Patrick . _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf