Re: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration

[Ray Pelletier <[e-mail]>]

Pete Resnick wrote:

>On 5/21/08 at 1:52 PM -0400, Ray Pelletier wrote:
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>>The Trust believes there are advantages to indentifying the RFC 
>>Series with an ISSN.
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>OK, maybe I'm getting suspicious in my (still slowly) advancing years:
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>Nowhere in the message did I see words like, "The Trust has consulted 
>with lawyers/doctors/priests/old-crusty-IETFers and have found no 
>disadvantages to identifying the RFC Series with an ISSN."
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The Trust did consult with lawyers, old-crusty-IETFers, RFC Editor, and 
found no disadvantages to indentifying the RFC Series with an ISSN. 

> Did the 
>Trust actually find no potential problems (in which case it would be 
>nice to hear that), have they not looked into it yet, or did they 
>find problems and you're not saying because you don't want to have a 
>big public discussion (in which case you're being dopey, because it's 
>gonna happen anyway)?
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That we know!

>(For the record, had you said that the Trust did in fact consult the 
>tea leaves and everything looked on the up-and-up and they were 
>simply confirming this with the community, I would have immediately 
>said, "Fine with me." I'm happy to have people to whom such things 
>can be delegated, but I do want to hear the words "We've done our due 
>diligence.")
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We've done our due diligence, but we respect the community and the 
process, and seek its guidance.

Ray

>pr
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