You seem to be just a tad deluded as to the relative importance of a few white males. Perhaps we should figure out how to get a real cross-section of the Internet populace first, then worry about global policy. Or better yet, focus on the policy for silkroad.com and ensure that others that you peer directly with understand your policy. Think globally, Act locally. Get your own house in order first. --bill

...and you seem to be making some rather interesting assumptions about the readership of this list. There are definately far more men than women involved in technical areas (and computer especially). This doesn't immediately suggest to me that a AUP created/suggested by members of this list will be written entirely by (and entirely for) white male citizens of the United States. I'm certainly neither. The RFC process has being going for a *long* time (relatively speaking). Perhaps you're going to suggest that we abandon that means of putting forward technical and general suggestions about the Internet until an appropriate committee can be formed. (made up of an appropriate mixture of visible minorities, women and handicapped, of course) I appreciate your desire to ensure that everyone has a voice in the process. Democracy/socialism can be a wonderful thing. How do you propose to determine what a "real" cross-section of the Internet is??? Are we going to try and count up everyone on the Internet - and how are we going to define just who is on the Internet? Will this be restricted to people who make regular contributions to Internet culture (anyone for net.kook of the year?)? Are you (what are your qualifications by the way) going to determine who a 'real cross-section' of the Internet is? You're obviously biased about this as is... com-priv may be a US-centric mailing list, but it has more claim to a global nature than the state legislature does... Cat Okita