[Chapter-delegates] The European offensive

[Vint Cerf]

some governments only recognize standards from national or treaty-like
organizations. They won't specify the use of other standards from private
sector organizations. I think this was just an offer to make known the IETF
work and the widespread voluntary adoption of its recommendations.

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On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Elver Loho <elver.loho at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I stumbled upon this document in one of ISOC's newsletters:
>
> http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/europe-bureau-public-policy/2014/02/european-commissions-position-future-internet-governance
>
> In it there is this sentence: "The Internet Society stands ready to
> assist European authorities to familiarize themselves with the work of
> the IETF and calls on European governments to recognize IETF
> standards."
>
> What is meant by this? How would a government formally recognize
> technical standards? Because if something sensible was meant by this
> sentence, then it could be a task for the local EU chapters.
>
> Best,
> Elver
> .ee
>
> elver.loho at gmail.com
> +372 5661 6933
> skype: elver.loho
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