On Aug 5, 2013, at 7:08 AM, Olaf Kolkman <o...@nlnetlabs.nl> wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Chris Griffiths <cgriffi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> IETF Community, >> >> The IETF Trust Trustees would like feedback from the community on several >> issues: >> - We have received requests that we cannot accommodate and have >> consulted legal counsel to review our options >> - The trust agreement does not allow the trustees to effectively manage >> some trust assets > > From this mail it is not clear what type of feedback you are looking for. I > like your direct question from the slide deck better. There you asked: >> Does the community feel these are reasonable reasons to update the trust >> agreement?
This was my intention Olaf, thank you for the feedback. > The answer to that question is: yes. It seems reasonable to open up the > agreement in order to fulfill its purpose in reasonable, effective, and > pragmatic ways. > > I would expect the trust to come back with a proposal once there seems to be > consensus that the the agreement should be opened. My requirement would be > that that proposal reflects that the Trust will deal with the assets in a way > that is sensible and serves community needs. We will certainly do that once there is consensus on this. > > Best, and thanks, > > --Olaf > > PS. As an aside, something that might be helpful for other readers of this > thread: The word agreement in "Trust Agreement" might be confusing to the > community, but I think that it is important to point out that the agreement > can, since July 1, 2010, be modified unilaterally by the trust (see 10.1 for > details and boundary conditions). So except the due diligence that is needed > to reflect the communities requirements there is no further negotiation > needed with the Settlers.
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