Re: IETF Newsletter: What's cooking?

["JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>]

Dear Franck,
your proposition is a key issue for the stability of the Internet. If IETF 
does not provide exposition and recognition to its Members and to its 
solutions, the quality of the Membership decreases (RFC 3774), solutions 
will be/are worked outside and will not be consistent (within and outside 
of the IETF). The problem is who will run the newsletter? With which 
authority?

In any case it can only be a _report_ by third informed parties (they MUST 
not commit the IETF). If you consider the problem and the budget of various 
formulas, it look like there are  only two long term, viable, stable and 
exciting solutions:

1. a multilingual technical internet paper magazine, sponsoring local 
Internet shows and conferences. This should be coupled with the RFC Editor, 
for speed and mutual editing services, etc. It would also contribute to the 
administration of the Internet standard process. It would also be the right 
place for an "Internet Book", an organised updated compendium of the RFC 
states of the art. This would be some kind of revolution (as it would 
introduced readers feed-back and quality control), with public's comments 
Selections and IESG decisions, and multicultural positions. This can only 
be something organised by the IASA granting an exclusive right to use IETF 
name, logo, etc.

2. a GPL effort to maintain an Internet Book and Sources by a dedicated 
group. But this would probably lead to an independent innovative effort.

This does not mean that Drafts authors could not contribute. But it would 
be in addition to the Internet standard process. Due to the special needs 
of SOPAC, may be could you be interested in participating to such a second 
approach. This could permit to plug-in customised standards for special 
situations like yours, without disrupting the global architecture.

This is in tune with the questions I rose about experimentation and 
ccTLD/LIC's needs not currently supported by IETF and part of the Draft I 
prepare. I will have a questionaire sent to ccTLD/LICs. If the issue is of 
interest to you, you welcome.

jfc



At 05:08 31/05/2005, Franck Martin wrote:
> I realise the importance of having a newsletter from the IETF that would 
> explain every month what is happening in IETF from a non-technical point 
> of view.
>
> The newsletter would be about the protocols which are getting developped 
> but in non-technical terms (or not too much) so that the general 
> population could understand how the Internet is shapping today.
>
> At the moment the world is watching how the SPAM issue will be solved, if 
> IETF could monthly indicates initiatives taken by IETF in this sense 
> everybody would benefit.
>
> I see that IETF has a strong link with ISOC, ISOC supports IETF to a large 
> level, however ISOC individual members (most of them are non-technical 
> people) do not know this relationship, nor understand it. They also do not 
> understand the day to day activities of IETF.
>
> Scientific/Technical Vulgarisation is urgently needed!
>
> In the Pacific Islands many members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the 
> Internet Society would be interested to learn how IETF is shapping the 
> Internet. Speaking with other chapters, they are also strongly interested.
>
> To pursue the relationship IETF/ISOC and let's say in general IETF/Public 
> I think such monthly newletter is needed (via e-mail it is fine).
>
> I put humbly this request in front of the Chair of IETF for action.
>
> Support ISOC individual members and we will support IETF.
>
> Cheers
>
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