> Is the IETF a task force of the Internet Society? RFC2031 documented the takeover. Snuck through on informational... Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/ ________________________________________ From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SM [sm@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 06 June 2013 02:07 To: iab@xxxxxxx Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Call for Review of draft-iab-rfc4441rev-04.txt, "The IEEE 802 / IETF Relationship" At 11:50 05-06-2013, IAB Chair wrote: >This is a call for review of "The IEEE 802 / IETF Relationship" >prior to potential approval as an IAB stream RFC. In Section 1: "This document contains a set of principles and guidelines that serves as the basis for establishing collaboration between Project 802 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE 802) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) of the Internet Society (ISOC)" Is the IETF a task force of the Internet Society? In Section 3.1.2: "4. Appointment of RFC Series and Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) roles" What is the meaning of IANA roles in the above? In Section 3.1.4 "Voting: Both organizations use voting as a decision-making tool, but IEEE 802 uses voting within working groups, while IETF working groups do not use voting. Working group chairs may ask for a "show of hands" or "take a hum" to judge backing for a proposal, but this is not considered to be "voting" - The IESG does ballot documents when considering them for publication. This balloting is a final approval for publication." The first part of the text says that the IETF uses voting whereas the "hum" is not considered as "voting". "Decision-making" might be a better label. Regards, -sm