http://www.pso.icann.org/Pso_origins.htm "On April 23, 1999, ICANN received a Protocol Supporting Organization Proposal submitted by Scott Bradner on behalf of the IETF POISSON Working Group. That proposal was posted for public comment."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Bradner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:42 AM Subject: Re: The IETF has no members ? > total BS (as to be expected) > > --- > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 16 12:17:44 2001 > From: "Jim Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "James M Galvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert Elz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "vint cerf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "pindar@HK. Super. NET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "linda@icann. org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "karl@cavebear. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "edyson@edventure. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "quaynor@ghana. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "junsec@wide. ad. jp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "andy@ccc. de" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "shkyong@kgsm. kaist. ac. kr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "hans@icann. org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "mkatoh@mkatoh. net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "ken. fockler@sympatico. ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "f. fitzsimmons@att. net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Amadeu@nominalia. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: The IETF has no members ? > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:21:18 -0500 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > > ----- 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 >
