RE: ietf-moms
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RE: ietf-moms



Would this be the place to raise the issue of childcare provision at IETF meetings?
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IETF member Dave Aronson [mailto:ietf2dave at davearonson.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:17 PM
> To: ietf at ietf.org
> Cc: mcr at sandelman.ca
> Subject: ietf-moms
> 
> Michael Richardson [mailto:mcr at sandelman.ca] writes:
> 
>  > If there is interest, I will make a list. If someone has a 
> more PC  > name, I'll use it.
> 
> As we all know, the absolutely most critically important 
> thing about any project, and a mailing list should be no 
> exception, is its name.  It should be something already 
> recognizable as having some memorable meaning, that ideally 
> has nothing whatsoever to do with its actual purpose.
> 
> Therefore, I propose IETF-SOS: IETF Significant OtherS.  Of 
> course, in normal discourse that last S would be lowercase, 
> to show that it is pluralizing the acronym, not adding on 
> another word.  However, making that clear would deprive the 
> anal-retentive of yet another fun thing to argue about.
> 
> (Worried that using the last letter is not permitted?  There 
> is precedent, set by Bill Watterson: GROSS.)
> 
> -Dave
> 
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