On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:09:22AM -0700, IAB Chair <iab-chair@xxxxxxx> wrote a message of 155 lines which said: > This is an IETF-wide Call for Comment on 'Affirmation of the Modern > Paradigm for Standards'. What's the point of this Call for Comment? Was there any chance that the text could be modified (after all, it would require agreement of all organisations). The way ticket #193 was closed without any explanation seems to indicate that, no, there never was any chance for a change: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/group/iab/trac/ticket/193