Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-14 Thread Jorge Amodio
The problem is not what actually each person said but what they say it was said and gets recorded into a statement that has no weight and it is not representative of the entire community. -Jorge On Oct 12, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: Hiya, On

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-14 Thread Jorge Amodio
There is an important difference between policy and politics. Promoting a politics discussion within the IETF arena will become the demise of the IETF. -J On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Arturo Servin arturo.ser...@gmail.comwrote: It is clear to me that the IETF cannot be away from

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-14 Thread Harald Alvestrand
For what it's worth, I think Russ and Jari did the right thing in signing the statement the way they did, at the time they did it, with the prior consultation they did. I was not consulted. And I'm glad they are capable of acting at this level without consulting me. On 10/11/2013 06:02

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-12 Thread Jari Arkko
It was pointed out that I got the RFC numbers wrong. Sorry. I should have RFC 6220 (role of IETF protocol parameters operators) and RFC 2850 (IAB charter). Jari

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-12 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com Reality is different - the outside world expects to hear from us. I would guess that nobody (almost nobody?)in the IETF objects to I* leadership representing our views at such things; in fact, I suspect most of us would find it

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-12 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hiya, On 10/12/2013 01:02 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: The thing is that I (and I suspect much of the IETF) feel that such I* leadership attendees need to make it _very_ clear at such events that they are there to present (as best they can) the views of the IETF as a whole, but they cannot

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-12 Thread Arturo Servin
It is clear to me that the IETF cannot be away from Internet Governance discussions. Yes, it is politics and we do not like politics, but that is the way the Internet is these days. It is also appears that we do not have consensus of how to participate and what to say in those

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-12 Thread Dave Crocker
Statement attempts to do -- requires robust effort both to be accurate in what is said, but also to protect against misinterpretation. Montevideo Statement seems to have accomplished neither. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-11 Thread John Curran
Folks - As a result of the Internet's growing social and economic importance, the underlying Internet structures are receiving an increasing level of attention by both governments and civil society. The recent revelations regarding US government surveillance of the Internet are now

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-11 Thread Jorge Amodio
Just to start, there is no clear consensus of what Internet Governance means and entails. Several organizations just as ICANN, ISOC, ARIN, etc, play a specific role in the development and operations of the Internet, but by no means are representative of the Internet as a whole, even if you claim

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-11 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Hi John, On 12/10/2013 05:02, John Curran wrote: ... In my personal view, it is a very important for the IETF to select leadership who can participate in any discussions that occur, Without obsessing about the word leadership, but following up on a comment made by Noel Chiappa on the leader

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-11 Thread John Curran
On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Jorge Amodio jmamo...@gmail.com wrote: Just to start, there is no clear consensus of what Internet Governance means and entails. You are correct. The term Internet Governance is a term of art, and a poor one at that. It is the term that governments like to use,

Re: Of governments and representation (was: Montevideo Statement)

2013-10-11 Thread Jorge Amodio
Thank you for your frank and honest response John. -Jorge On Oct 11, 2013, at 3:18 PM, John Curran jcur...@istaff.org wrote: On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Jorge Amodio jmamo...@gmail.com wrote: Just to start, there is no clear consensus of what Internet Governance means and entails.

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-11 Thread Michael Richardson
Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: I think that is a better approach actually. The CC TLDs are in effect members of a bridge CA and ICANN is merely the bridge administrator. It is an interesting way to say it, and put that way, I like it. One activity that I believe is an

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread SM
At 12:27 09-10-2013, Andrew Sullivan wrote: Now, there is indeed a possible issue, and that is that these chairs were attending a chief officer-type meeting: there were CEOs and so on, and (presumably by analogy) the chairs got invited to represent the organizations of which they are chairs.

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
As a practical matter any organization that tries to do things with other organizations needs to have some party that can act on its behalf. That is why Ambassadors are necessary. The current constitution of the IETF means that the chairs of the IAB and the IETF have very limited authority to

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com I have argued for junking the DARPA constitution for years. It was designed to keep power in the hands of the few while the rest of the organization didn't worry their pretty heads about it. Factually incorrect in a number of ways.

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread Jari Arkko
First off, we like to be in a situation where past IETF discussion, consensus, RFCs, and current work program guide what the leaders say. I think this was largely the case with the Montevideo statement as well. Of course these are judgment calls. Please send us feedback - I for instance talk

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Medel v6 Ramirez
Leaders were processed thoroughly prior to their appointment so I trust them. And that they hold through the spirit of being an IETF and shall be responsible under oath for any impact on the organization. BR, Medel GOOGLE IS IPv6 COMPLIANT ! On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Abdussalam Baryun

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Dave Crocker
On 10/8/2013 11:34 AM, IETF Chair wrote: I wanted to send a link to a statement that Russ and I signed as a part of a meeting that we held last week with the leaders of other Internet organisations. http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation Folks

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread manning bill
On 10October2013Thursday, at 1:30, SM wrote: At 12:27 09-10-2013, Andrew Sullivan wrote: Now, there is indeed a possible issue, and that is that these chairs were attending a chief officer-type meeting: there were CEOs and so on, and (presumably by analogy) the chairs got invited to

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Jari Arkko
Dave: On IANA: Further, I believe there is no IETF context RFC 6020 and http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2011/07/IANA-IAB-FNOI-2011.pdf Jari

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Ted Lemon
On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Medel v6 Ramirez mgrami...@globe.com.ph wrote: Leaders were processed thoroughly prior to their appointment so I trust them. And that they hold through the spirit of being an IETF and shall be responsible under oath for any impact on the organization. I don't

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Dave Crocker
On 10/11/2013 7:31 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: Dave: On IANA: Further, I believe there is no IETF context RFC 6020 and http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2011/07/IANA-IAB-FNOI-2011.pdf Jari, The fact that you had to reach back 2.5 years, to a frankly rather obscure document that came

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I like your approach and comments, and I think that our ietf leaders are not always leaders but in IESG they are the managers. Mostly ietf ruled by community consensus not presidents, so we have many leaders including you and some others may be additional leaders for the community. The ietf wants

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread SM
Hi Medel, At 19:11 09-10-2013, Medel v6 Ramirez wrote: Leaders were processed thoroughly prior to their appointment so I trust them. And that they hold through the spirit of being an IETF and shall be responsible under oath for any impact on the organization. There was a Recall petition last

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread Jari Arkko
Dave, The fact that you had to reach back 2.5 years, to a frankly rather obscure document that came from the IAB and not the broader IETF, demonstrates my point that we lacked meaningful context You asked for context and I provided a context. We can certainly debate how meaningful it is.

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread SM
://www.lacnic.net/en/web/anuncios/2013-lacnic-acerca-espionaje). The statement signed by the IAB Chair (http://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2013-2/montevideo-statement-on-the-future-of-internet-cooperation/) is about future of Internet Cooperation. This is the second time

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:55:08PM -0700, SM wrote: This is the second time that the IAB has issued a statement Speaking only (empahtically only) for myself, I quite strongly disagree. The IAB has issued no statement in this case. The text as posted is quite clear:

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread joel jaeggli
On Oct 8, 2013, at 11:44 PM, Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com wrote: Dear colleagues, On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:55:08PM -0700, SM wrote: This is the second time that the IAB has issued a statement Speaking only (empahtically only) for myself, I quite strongly disagree. The IAB

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Tobias Gondrom
On 09/10/13 07:44, Andrew Sullivan wrote: Dear colleagues, On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:55:08PM -0700, SM wrote: This is the second time that the IAB has issued a statement Speaking only (empahtically only) for myself, I quite strongly disagree. The IAB has issued no statement in this case.

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com I merely request that we, all of us, attend to the difference between the IAB Chair says and the IAB says. We may attend to it, but we are unable to make sure that the rest of the world pays attention to that nuance. From: SM

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Ted Lemon
On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Tobias Gondrom tobias.gond...@gondrom.org wrote: But I support SM's proposal that it would be good to do a few days comment period for such important statements in the future - if timing is not critical. There is no harm in a few days delay and getting input from

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, October 09, 2013 02:44 -0400 Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com wrote: ... That does not say that the IAB has issued a statement. On the contrary, the IAB did not issue a statement. I think the difference between some individuals issuing a statement in their capacity

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Tobias Gondrom
On 09/10/13 14:14, Ted Lemon wrote: On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Tobias Gondrom tobias.gond...@gondrom.org wrote: But I support SM's proposal that it would be good to do a few days comment period for such important statements in the future - if timing is not critical. There is no harm in a few

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Russ Housley
SM: This is the second time that the IAB has issued a statement without requesting comments from the IETF Community. In my humble opinion it would be good if there was a comment period. This is a statement about what happened at a meeting. Discussion would not change what happened at the

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread joel jaeggli
On Oct 9, 2013, at 9:02 AM, Tobias Gondrom tobias.gond...@gondrom.org wrote: On 09/10/13 14:14, Ted Lemon wrote: On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Tobias Gondrom tobias.gond...@gondrom.org wrote: But I support SM's proposal that it would be good to do a few days comment period for such

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Arturo Servin
We appointed our leaders, we have to trust them. They had to do a call, an important one and they made it. I support what they did, that is what we chose them for, to represent us and be our voice. We cannot expect that they ask our opinion for every decision they made, that is

leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-09 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, Once again, I'm speaking only for myself. I think there is an important matter here for the IETF community to think about, particularly as the Nomcom is _right now_ seeking nominees for open positions. I want to be very careful to emphasise that I do not intend to specify a

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread SM
of the organizations mentioned in the statement commented about it as follows: Internet/Web Organizations Issue Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally met

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Russ Housley
of the organizations mentioned in the statement commented about it as follows: Internet/Web Organizations Issue Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally met

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I agree to appoint leader under clear procedures, so I am not sure of representing without procedure is authorised in ietf, but I trust that ietf leaders do practice procedure, but not sure if discussion meant that there was something missing in this statement practice. AB On Wednesday, October

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Jari Arkko jari.ar...@piuha.net wrote: This wording is surprising. It looks like it is the revelations that undermined confidence, and not the NSA actions. I would prefer something like, to avoid shooting the messenger: Of course :-) We meant that the

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread Martin Millnert
similarly ill-advised requests. Or to connect back to the Montevideo statement, how to manage a globally cohesive One Internet without exposing it to the threat of legal assault. I.e. how to put the Internet above the law of any one nation state, essentially. Today, a popular belief in Swedish IGF

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread manning bill
I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to ensure that no such leverage exists. There is no reason for the apex of the DNS to be a single root, it could be signed by a quorum of

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Richardson
Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to ensure that no such leverage exists. There is no reason for the apex of the DNS

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:53 AM, manning bill bmann...@isi.edu wrote: I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to ensure that no such leverage exists. There is no reason for the apex of

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Michael Richardson mcr+i...@sandelman.cawrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-08 Thread manning bill
On 8October2013Tuesday, at 6:19, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:53 AM, manning bill bmann...@isi.edu wrote: I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to

Montevideo statement

2013-10-07 Thread IETF Chair
I wanted to send a link to a statement that Russ and I signed as a part of a meeting that we held last week with the leaders of other Internet organisations. http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation Jari Arkko IETF Chair

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-07 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation They expressed strong concern over the undermining of the trust and confidence of Internet users globally due to recent revelations of pervasive monitoring and surveillance. This wording is surprising. It looks like

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-07 Thread Jari Arkko
This wording is surprising. It looks like it is the revelations that undermined confidence, and not the NSA actions. I would prefer something like, to avoid shooting the messenger: Of course :-) We meant that the loss of privacy causes concern, not the revelations. Jari

Montevideo statement

2013-10-07 Thread IETF Chair
I wanted to send a link to a statement that Russ and I signed as a part of a meeting that we held last week with the leaders of other Internet organisations. http://www.internetsociety.org/news/montevideo-statement-future-internet-cooperation Jari Arkko IETF Chair