On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 02:29:15PM -0400, John C Klensin wrote: > A registration requirement for remote participants is a major > policy change and one for people who merely want to passively > observe is something I believe the community has several times > concluded is inappropriate given privacy, etc., concerns. So, > who made this decision and how? Unless the answer involves a > community discussion and Last Call or equivalent process that I > missed (and apparently Melinda did too), if the answer to "who > decided" involves anyone in the IETF Leadership, would they > please offer to resign? I strongly concur. Nobody should have to surrender *any* form of personal identification merely to passively observe. ---rsk