At 07:15 AM 2/4/99 -0600, Eric Weisberg wrote:
>We have already reached consensus on the need for "open and
>transparent" processes (we were UNANIMOUS on this at Reston), and
Eric, those terms are both important and imprecise.
The IETF has, perhaps, the most successful and widely accepted large-scale
decision mechanism extant and it is considered to be open and transparent.
Some folks disagree, of course, but perhaps you've noticed that there are
always some folks who disagree, no matter the topic or the statement.
>they are required by our charter and our sponsor (the USG). It is
>time for us to meet those criteria.
It is time to pay attention to the pragmatics that reality has an
unfortunate tendency of imposing on the world, if the world wishes to make
forward progress.
d/
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