At 08:19 10-08-2012, IETF Chair wrote:
The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm, which can be found here: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/84/slides/slides-84-iesg-opsplenary-15.pdf
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The IETF Chair and the IAB Chair intend to sign the Affirmation in the next few weeks. Please send strong objections to the iab@xxxxxxx and the ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2012-08-24.
"Collective empowerment" sounds like a marketing term. "contribute to the creation of global communities, benefiting humanity" does not sound like something the IETF would say as it comes out as hollow words.
Regards, -sm