Re: Fred Baker and Ira Magaziner Meeting

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at research.att.com>]

In message <199810011841.LAA18764 at aland.bbn.com>, Craig Partridge writes:
>
>Before more silliness occurs...
>
>The meeting Jim refers to is a meeting of the National Research Council's
>study committee on "The Internet in the Evolving Information Infrastructure."
>The committee is charged with giving advice on the long-term future of
>the Internet.
>
>Fred's on the committee (so am I).  Ira Magaziner came to brief the committee
>for an hour at its recent meeting on Monday.  At a different time, Fred
>led a discussion of the current state of the IETF.
>
>Incidentally, while some parts of NRC committee meetings are closed by law,
>these two discussions were during open session -- when anyone can attend and
>our chair (Eric Schmidt) welcomes visitors during open sessions.

If he hears that I was there, he'll get even more suspicious, even though
my presence is amply explained by other factors....