[tao-discuss] edit-a-thon discussion point s/Tao/'?'

[Niels ten Oever <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

I am working in Github [0] and am present here [1], both for the remainder of the day.

A few people have contacted me to ask whether we can change the name of the 'Tao of the IETF' to 'Way of the IETF', or 'IETF 101', or 'An Introduction to the IETF'.

The arguments being made is that 'Tao' is a cultural reference that used to be quite known, but for many it isn't anymore. This decreases the usefulness of the document if people don't understand what it is supposed to do. 

How do people feel about this?

Best,

Niels

[0] https://github.com/ietf/tao/edit/main/Tao.md
[1] https://meet.jit.si/TaoHackathon
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