No formal strings between the two. 3. Three SOs map to three roles of Jon Postel. IETF is techies without much formality. ISOC is a real corporation with dues, chapters, members, corporate structure. Commercial interests are well-represented in the process.
Results tend to be surprisingly similar to what the commercial interests want.
But commercial interests may not openly state their true positions sending only observers, etc., not so comfortable with big open meetings with scribes because they re used to exerting their influence in other ways. Trade associations sometimes more vocal. A. Handy at unruly meetings. Students wanted to scribe future classes instead of final paper. This record of the class is important.