Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-15 Thread Ray Pelletier
Fred Baker wrote: A thought... your list below eliminates five out of the ten of the IAOC. The remaining folks include the IAOC secretary (whom I would suggest should also be ineligible), a member selected by the IETF nomcom, the member selected by the IESG, and the member selected

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-15 Thread TS Glassey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: John C Klensin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Leslie Daigle [EMAIL PROTECTED]; IETF Discussion ietf@ietf.org; Harald Alvestrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:09 AM Subject: Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures Fred Baker wrote: A thought

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread John C Klensin
Ray, While I could live with this, I agree, strongly, with Ted. The character and volume of comments, including organized outside interventions, in the IPR discussions of the last year or two, should be sufficient to convince everyone how significant IPR matters can get. If the Trust is the

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Harald Alvestrand
I too like Ted's comments. If the job is really to preside over the Trust meetings, the title convener might be useful; if the job is to make sure Trust work gets followed up, call it an executive director. But I can live with the current proposal (although dropping #12 entirely would make

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Dear Ray; I support these changes. I have one nit. On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Ray Pelletier wrote: The Trustees have considered the comments from the list and propose the following amended revisions to the Trust Administrative Procedures. The Trustees propose to take action at its

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Something rather obvious. Stephan On 4/11/08 7:32 AM, Marshall Eubanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. The Trustees shall select one Trustee to serve as the Chair of the Trust. a. The following Trustees are not eligible to serve as IETF Chair:

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Fred Baker
A thought... your list below eliminates five out of the ten of the IAOC. The remaining folks include the IAOC secretary (whom I would suggest should also be ineligible), a member selected by the IETF nomcom, the member selected by the IESG, and the member selected by the IAB. I would

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2008-04-11 23:40, Harald Alvestrand wrote: I too like Ted's comments. If the job is really to preside over the Trust meetings, the title convener might be useful; if the job is to make sure Trust work gets followed up, call it an executive director. But I can live with the current

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-10 Thread Ray Pelletier
The Trustees have considered the comments from the list and propose the following amended revisions to the Trust Administrative Procedures. The Trustees propose to take action at its April 17th meeting and will consider all comments received by that date. 2. The Trustees shall select one

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-10 Thread Ted Hardie
I have resisted contributing to this thread because so many of the salient points had already been made. But permit me to make a small observation. This proposal has a general thrust that seems to say This position is important, and we don't want to pile too much power in one pair of hands, so

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 14:00 +1200 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's expand the quotation from the current, unamended Trust procedures slightly: If at any time the IAOC ceases to exist, the Trustees then in office shall remain in office and determine the future of

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:21 AM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 14:00 +1200 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's expand the quotation from the current, unamended Trust procedures slightly: If at any time the IAOC ceases to exist, the Trustees then in

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 10:24 -0400 Marshall Eubanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How, precisely, would the IAOC cease to exist ? Marshall, this is nearly irrelevant. The point is that there is language covering that case in the Trust Agreement and there is language in the procedures

RE: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread Ed Juskevicius
, Ed Juskevicius -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John C Klensin Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:39 PM To: Marshall Eubanks Cc: Leslie Daigle; Harald Alvestrand; IETF Discussion Subject: Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative

RE: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 13:50 -0400 Ed Juskevicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, you wrote: Then recommend to the community that the Trust Agreement be changed. The Trustees are not talking about changing the terms of the Trust Agreement, so this should not be necessary. Good.

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-09 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2008-04-10 07:04, John C Klensin wrote: --On Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 13:50 -0400 Ed Juskevicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, you wrote: Then recommend to the community that the Trust Agreement be changed. The Trustees are not talking about changing the terms of the Trust

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Soininen Jonne (NSN FI/Espoo)
Hi, I agree with Russ. I think the trust and the IAOC have a bit different focus and it makes sense at times have a different chair for the different positions. This does not mean that we couldn't go in the future back to the common IAOC/Trust chair, but currently the work split would make

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Leslie Daigle
Russ, The IETF Trust was set up as an instrument -- a naturally limited scope. The specific task you identify below (paying attention to items) could reasonably be addressed as Harald suggested. Giving the Trust a chair is at least a step towards acknowledging it as a separate organization

RE: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Ed Juskevicius
Discussion Cc: Harald Alvestrand Subject: Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures Russ, The IETF Trust was set up as an instrument -- a naturally limited scope. The specific task you identify below (paying attention to items) could reasonably be addressed as Harald

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Russ Housley
I hope that other IAOC members will share their thoughts too. Here are mine. Right now, the IETF Trust is faced with more work than usual. The IPR WG has placed a significant task on the IETF Trust. Yet, all of the usual IAOC activities need to go forward on the usual schedule. The reason

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Fred Baker
On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Leslie Daigle wrote: Giving the Trust a chair is at least a step towards acknowledging it as a separate organization (beyond instrument), and one could then examine whether the IAOC members are, in fact, the right people to populate it (for example). It

RE: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, 08 April, 2008 16:30 -0400 Ed Juskevicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The above being said, it is quite clear from the excellent comments posted by several people on this topic that the Trustees have more work to do before the job of revising the text on the Administrative

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, 08 April, 2008 14:25 -0700 Fred Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Leslie Daigle wrote: Giving the Trust a chair is at least a step towards acknowledging it as a separate organization (beyond instrument), and one could then examine whether the

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-08 Thread Brian E Carpenter
John, On 2008-04-09 12:55, John C Klensin wrote: --On Tuesday, 08 April, 2008 16:30 -0400 Ed Juskevicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The above being said, it is quite clear from the excellent comments posted by several people on this topic that the Trustees have more work to do before

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread Leslie Daigle
+1 from me. The role of the Trust Chair used to be pretty lightweight: either it still is, and Harald's advice is sound (get clerical help), or it no longer is, and a more detailed explanation of the experienced change would be helpful to the community being asked for comment. Leslie. --On

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread Russ Housley
The IAOC and the IETF Trust have different focus. The idea behind the separate chair is to make sure that someone is paying attention to the items that need to be handled by each body in a timely manner. It is simply a mechanism to help ensure that noting is falling between the cracks. Russ

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread Fred Baker
On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:54 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Probably the Trust and/or IAOC procedures or charter should be modified so that, in the event of the demise of the IAOC, the Trust falls firmly under direct IETF control (unless the IETF itself ceases to exist). The concept makes sense

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread Ray Pelletier
Fred Baker wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:54 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Probably the Trust and/or IAOC procedures or charter should be modified so that, in the event of the demise of the IAOC, the Trust falls firmly under direct IETF control (unless the IETF itself ceases to exist).

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, 07 April, 2008 16:55 -0400 Ray Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred Baker wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:54 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Probably the Trust and/or IAOC procedures or charter should be modified so that, in the event of the demise of the IAOC, the Trust

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-07 Thread Ray Pelletier
John C Klensin wrote: --On Monday, 07 April, 2008 16:55 -0400 Ray Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred Baker wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:54 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Probably the Trust and/or IAOC procedures or charter should be modified so that, in the event of the

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-04 Thread Harald Alvestrand
After considering the comments so far, I think I disagree with having a separate Trust chair. The idea behind making the IAOC be the Trustees was, among other things, to make sure that we didn't create yet another nexus of control in the labyrinth of committees; I understood the legal

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-04 Thread Harald Alvestrand
Ray Pelletier wrote: 12. The Trustees are the current members of the IAOC. When a member leaves the IAOC for whatever reason, he or she ceases to be a Trustee. When a new member joins the IAOC, he or she becomes a Trustee [ADD - upon their acceptance in writing]. This is already covered in

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-04 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2008-04-04 22:57, Harald Alvestrand wrote: Ray Pelletier wrote: 12. The Trustees are the current members of the IAOC. When a member leaves the IAOC for whatever reason, he or she ceases to be a Trustee. When a new member joins the IAOC, he or she becomes a Trustee [ADD - upon their

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-04 Thread Brian E Carpenter
-1. I think that given the pressure of work on our volunteer officials, we should allow load sharing wherever it's feasible. We have running code here - despite having the IAD's support and a volunteer Secretary for the Trust, two successive IAOC chairs have been overburdened. Brian On

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-03 Thread John C Klensin
Ray, Some observations... (1) If someone doesn't become a Trustee until her or she is willing to sign something, one either needs to have explicit provisions for what happens if someone declines to sign or willingness to sign has to be an explicit condition for membership in the IAOC. Since

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-03 Thread Russ Housley
John: (2) Because some members of the IAOC are appointed by (or ex-officio from) other bodies, I would prefer that, if there is going to be a separate Trust Chair, that person be required to be an IETF appointee and subject to recall. No matter how many the Chair is nothing special rules one

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-03 Thread Brian E Carpenter
John, On 2008-04-04 09:54, John C Klensin wrote: Ray, Some observations... (1) If someone doesn't become a Trustee until her or she is willing to sign something, one either needs to have explicit provisions for what happens if someone declines to sign or willingness to sign has to be an

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-03 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, 04 April, 2008 11:39 +1300 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, On 2008-04-04 09:54, John C Klensin wrote: Ray, Some observations... (1) If someone doesn't become a Trustee until her or she is willing to sign something, one either needs to have explicit