----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Elz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Certainly the way the IETF works, in all regards, is different to > most other organisations - not having any real defined members as > such makes a difference. >
If you recall, the notion that the IETF has no members changed when ICANN arrived on the scene. At the IETF meeting in Sweden, when, ICANN was recruiting followers for the PSO, the IETF, W3C and ETSI were considered equals. Apparently, the IETF people objected and noted that ETSI has a small number of members. Someone else apparently noted that the IETF has no members, and is therefore smaller than ETSI. In order to become part of ICANN, the IETF had to quickly talk out of the other side of its mouth and claim to have thousands of members. Jim Fleming http://www.IN-ADDR.INFO
