Re: [Mtgvenue] Not a nit: comments on draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process-04

[Dave Crocker <[e-mail]>]

On 1/29/2017 8:26 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>> 3.2.  Basic Venue Criteria
>>>
>>> The IETF operates as an international organisational and adjusts to
>>> local requirements.
>
> which is broken anyway, but this is *not* a nit. An "international
> organisation" is a well known phrase that refers to organisations
> created by international treaties: things like the UN, or CERN.
> That is a claim that, thank goodness, we cannot make.
>
> Try:
>
> The IETF operates internationally and adjusts to local requirements.


The language change seems benign change, although not really necessary. 
Yes, I see what you are asserting about the term "international 
organization" but that does not match the first definition I found online:

      "An international organization is an organization with an 
international membership, scope, or presence."

which is the opening to the Wikipedia entry for the term, and cites "The 
Penguin Dictionary of International Relations" as its source. That 
matches the IETF nicely, IMO.

However, the Encyclopædia Britannica is more in line with the 
interpretation you suggest.

So as I said, the change you suggest is benign and does seem less likely 
to invite this particular terminology debate.


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   Dave Crocker
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