Re: WG Review: Arts and Humanities (arts)

Paul Mockapetris <pvm@isi.edu> Mon, 20 March 1995 15:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: WG Review: Arts and Humanities (arts)
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From: Paul Mockapetris <pvm@isi.edu>

> Maybe I'm too late but I fully concur with Mike. I don't see what
> this has to do with protocol standards development.
> 
> Folks, we badly need an Internet Users Forum where this sort
> of work would be highly appropriate and useful. I've been trying to
> say this for a couple of years and the evidence is stronger every
> day. But the ISOC in its wisdom decided to ignore this a while back.
> It's also decided to ignore operational coordination.
> An Internet Summit is so much sexier. ME NOT HAPPY.
> 
>   Brian

I don't think the Internet Summit is the result of distaste for
operational issues, but rather the result of organizing a program at
the last minute.  Maybe our ISOC rep could comment?

paul
 
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