[chapter-delegates] Patent on IPv6

[Veni Markovski]

At 11:14 31-03-05  +1200, Franck Martin wrote:

>I'm not saying they should go against a org member in this case, but that 
>having ISOC not represented in WIPO and WTO, leave IETF at risk. This was 
>an example of such risk... I'm sure there are others, but they did not 
>make it to the press....

You are knocking on an open door. You don't need to make me or Patrick 
understand this. We both have been and are working with governments and 
inter-governmental organizations. You should address other people on that 
topic.


>Well, are we coming back to the money for vote issue? If they are org 
>member I think we should speak to them if we feel they are wrong and we 
>are doing something right, if they do't understand or do not want to 
>discuss, I think it is fair to escalate, but as org member I think we can 
>solve the issue internally. Finally, I think ISOC should be able to take 
>any org member to task too, they are supposed to follow a code of conduct 
>too with ISOC/IETF.

Oh, come on Franck... You should know well by now what are the big 
interests of ISOC - and they are all around the standards pillar, the IETF 
restrcuturing, etc. These are the big interests, and they get all the real 
funding.

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