* <l.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >You'll find it stated in a number of places that the working language of >the IETF is English. Well, yes. > >What is not stated is how good that English has to be to participate >fully in technical discussion to get the most out of IETF participation. > >I would suggest that an IELTS score of 7.0 or higher, or equivalent, >in all categories is a good indicator of being able to participate fully. >If someone is unable to achieve that level, they, and everyone >interacting with them, will find written exchanges very frustrating, >to the detriment of discussion overall. > >If we're going to write RFCs codifying behaviour, we can codify this, too. Sounds like we need more people who object to that. -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@xxxxxxxxxxxx · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/