On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 2:37 AM Vasilenko Eduard via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > 1. What is going on on the Internet is not democracy even formally, > because there is no formal voting. > 3GPP, ETSI, 802.11 have voting. IETF decisions are made by bosses who did > manage to gain power (primarily by establishing a proper network of > relationships). > It could be even called “totalitarian” because IETF bosses could stay in one > position for decades.
I do not see how it can be called totalitarian given the IETF Nomcom appointment and recall mechanisms. Admittedly it is not full on Sortition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition) but it is just one level of indirection from Sortition. (See https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/08/20/indirection-the-unsung-hero-of-software-engineering/?sh=2cc673587f47) Thanks, Donald > ... > > Eduard
