The relationship between Boost and the C++ Standards Committee has been strictly informal. That's been fine, particularly given that most Boost moderators were members of the standards committee and regularly attended meetings. As the standards committee gears up to accept library proposals, the relationship is getting even closer. I believe it would be advantageous for Boost to join the C++ committee as a voting member. Procedurally, that would mean joining the INCITS (www.incits.org) PL22.16, which is the US national body for C++ standardization. Boost is consider US domiciled in ISO-speak. The advantages of joining include: * We get to participate in formal votes. Right now, we only participate in straw votes. * Boosters would be able to attend committee meetings by right rather than as a courtesy. * Boosters would be able to participate in committee mailing lists with less hoops to jump through. * Psychologically, it may give us a bit more weight in committee matters. Comments? Opinions? --Beman