[Chapter-delegates] ISOC and its involvement with the IETF

Hank Nussbacher hank at isoc.org.il
Mon Sep 13 10:02:32 PDT 2021


Dear Chapter members,

I recently learned of an IETF standard (RFC8890) entitled "The Internet 
is for End Users" which was published a year ago:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8890/
The IETF informational standard attempts to analyze how to poll end 
users as to what they really want (worth reading).
In section 4.1 "Engaging the Internet Community" I am surprised that 
ISOC is not mentioned at all as being a representative of all Internet 
end users.  Why is ISOC not seen as representative of end users worldwide?

Especially after RFC8712 was published in Feb 2020 -   "The IETF-ISOC 
Relationship":
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8712
Looking at the authors of RFC8712 I am curious which ISOC staff or 
Chapter members were polled or played a part in the writing of 
RFC8712?   I cannot identify whom from ISOC was involved in the writing 
on this RFC.

I fear I see a pattern here of a disconnect between the IETF and ISOC 
which needs to be rectified by a more active involvement of ISOC and its 
chapter members in the IETF.

Regards,
Hank Nussbacher
ISOC-IL







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