Re: United Nations report on Internet standards

["Joel M. Halpern" <[e-mail]>]

the seciton you point to lists a number of items.  Some of them are 
understandable.  Some of them are potentially valuable, depending upon 
what subtext is intended.  Some of them ignore the fact that there are 
good legal reasons for not doing some things.  (e.g. discussing business 
cases can be quite challenging; translation introduces a host of 
complexities, particularly for standards where the specific wording was 
contentious.)

the bigger issue is that there does not seem to be any relationship 
between the list of items and the conclusion (which you quote below). 
Without grounding on purpose and clarity on meaning of that conclusion, 
it simply does not follow from the preceding text.

Yours,
Joel

On 3/16/2020 11:29 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am not sure of which IETF list is appropriate for this. It concerns 
> relationships with non-technical stakeholders and their representation 
> in the standards-making process, a matter that has been popping up here 
> and there in several places (for example, in the discussion of 
> draft-iab-for-the-users, or in HRPC).
> 
> The Internet Governance Forum of the United Nations commissioned a study 
> to understand the reasons for the lack of adoption of Internet standards 
> that are fundamental for security, mentioning DNSSEC and RPKI among 
> others. I was not involved in the study, but the report came out a few 
> days ago:
> 
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/9615/2023 
> 
> 
> It formulates (section 8.1) six recommendations, of which the sixth is 
> specifically aimed at the IETFand other Internet standards organizations:
> 
> "Standardisation processes are advised to include a consultation phase 
> with government and industry policy makers, and civil society experts."
> 
> There is also a page (section 7.13) discussing "Communication from/to 
> the IETF", and how to make it better.
> 
> As I am active both here and at the IGF, I would be interested in 
> comments and reactions. I have been asked to organize a session on this 
> at the next EuroDIG, the European preparatory conference for the global 
> IGF, and it would be good to have people from the IETF in it. So feel 
> free to send me your opinions.
> 
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> 
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