On 9/15/08 at 2:42 PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote: >So its really not a fair and level playing ground. Either all >should do it or none. > >Note that there are arguments that go the other way - but most of >those could somewhat be cured by the non-public candidate making >things public. I'm not arguing that making candidacy public is the >way to go - and in fact I see more problems that not with going that >way, but I am arguing that a voluntary approach such as Pete is >recommending is worse than either of the two alternatives. I will repeat that the current state of affairs is neither "all" nor "none". RFC 3777 has no rule in this regard; it is currently voluntary. And some people have always disclosed. So I'm simply suggesting that we voluntarily get closer to "all" and start encouraging the "cultural sophistication" Leslie talked about. pr -- Pete Resnick <http://www.qualcomm.com/~presnick/> Qualcomm Incorporated - Direct phone: (858)651-4478, Fax: (858)651-1102 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf