Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Feb 27, 2014, at 7:53 PM, John Leslie <john@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> But _my_ question is, why does the "IETF" need to filter out the >> "kooks?" > > Because they burn our most precious resource: the time of active > contributors. Hi, Ted! > Of course, there is no way to filter out kooks, so the point is moot, I couldn't have said it better! > but you asked, and that's why. Apparently, there's a logical step in there which I missed... :^( Somebody help me, please: If the time of active contributors is a precious resource, isn't the obvious solution to encourage more folks to _become_ active contributors? -- John Leslie <john@xxxxxxx>