On 10/2/14 5:34 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > A number of companies have*already* thrown in a fair amount of money > without asking for votes. Cisco is hosting the IETF Hawaii meeting. > I don't recall anything saying that the company were asking for > anything in return, although I hope it's not too much to ask that the > IETF deliver high quality relevant technical standards, as the > organization has done for several decades... Probably the most valuable resource Cisco has provided is some very capable people, but I hope that there's at least basic agreement that we don't want to find ourselves in a situation in which the companies with the deepest pockets have the most influence over internet standards. Or rather, it's probably inevitable that they do, but on balance that's a negative thing that we struggle against rather than a positive thing that we seek to perpetuate. Melinda