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Mission statement [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Thu, 31 May 2012 06:31 UTC

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Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 07:31:29 +0100
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Mission statement [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]
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On 2012-05-31 07:22, Eliot Lear wrote:

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>   * I've been told by some that the Mission of the IETF is in some way
>     out of date.  I don't know whether this is true, 

That sound like somebody's personal opinion, but it is still a BCP
and therefore still represents IETF consensus.

>     but if it is, the
>     reference should be removed.

I don't think so.

   Brian

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