Re: StandICT.eu funding on offer

[Amelia Andersdotter <[e-mail]>]

On 5/7/21 6:53 PM, John C Klensin wrote:
>
> --On Friday, May 7, 2021 10:26 -0500 Pete Resnick
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> On 7 May 2021, at 10:14, Andrew G. Malis wrote:
>>
>>> I disagree about the charter call. The mailman description
>>> for the  general IETF list is "This mailing list is for
>>> general topics of  discussion relating to items within the
>>> IETF community. This is a  public list for the IETF community
>>> to use. Any items posted are  subject to the rules of BCP 78
>>> and BCP 79." This posting certainly  fits that
>>> description, it's very much of interest to the community.
>> But it doesn't fit the IETF list charter, RFC 3005:
>>
>>       Inappropriate postings include:
>>
>>       - Announcements of conferences, events, or activities
>> that are not
>>         sponsored or endorsed by the Internet Society or IETF.
>>
>> I'm not saying that we can't decide to allow postings like
>> this; it might be a very good thing. But we need to explicitly
>> make that decision, and explain why this one is OK and other
>> similar posts might still be problematic (if so).
> FWIW, I concur with Pete.
> If the "real" criterion is going to be "well, I think that is
> interesting and/or helpful or "the ExecDir gets to post these
> things but ordinary mortals do not"..

I disagree with the two interventions above based on RFC3005: "The IETF 
discussion list, [e-mail], /.../ is the most general IETF mailing 
list, [where] considerable latitude is allowed."

A short, one-sentence message from the IETF executive director outlining 
an opportunity to fund participation in IETF meetings must reasonably 
fit within "considerable latitude".

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Amelia Andersdotter
IETF SHMOO WG Co-Chair
https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/shmoo/about/

Director of Strategic Initiatives, CENTR
www.centr.org
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