This is really tempting and has a lot going for it. However, my main concern is once we build a bureaucracy, it never goes away. In the case under discussion, the Division of Applications would still be with us in 2050 (if the IETF lasted that long). So, I think a professional secretariat helping with the technology would help in the short term, but will kill the relevance of the IETF in the long term. On Oct 10, 2014, at 4:46 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Let me extend your suggestion in another direction, not to > support that direction (I have mixed feelings at best) but to > follow your lead in trying to open up the thinking and > discussion a bit. [snip] > Many other standards bodies have eased the management and > administrative burdens on volunteer leaders by moving toward > secretariats (and document editing and production processes) > that have significant technical skill and that manage much of > the standardization process other than decisions about creation > of new groups and projects and determination of consensus.
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