Hi Pete,
At 6:17 PM -0400 9/8/04, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
To date, there has been no proposal, in Carl's document or
otherwise as far as I know, for *the IETF* to incorporate as a
separate entity. There have been proposals to incorporate a body to
deal with IETF administrative functions (like contracting for
meetings, contracting for ISP and web service, etc.), referred to
in Carl's document as "IETF Foundation". Incorporating that sort of
entity wouldn't change
I don't think that there is a clear yes/no answer to your question.
Carl's draft makes a distinction between the "*Administrative
Functions*" and "*Standards Process Functions*" of ISOC, where the
administrative functions and standards process functions are defined
as follows:
"1. *Administration Functions.* As discussed in subsequent sections,
the Internet Society provides an administrative and financial
function, managing the contract with the RFC Editor, providing
insurance for selected IETF participants, and administering a
discretionary fund for use by the IAB and the IETF Chairs.
2. *Standards Process Functions* The Internet Society plays a
fundamental role in the IETF Standards Process, including
appointment of the Nominating Committee chair, confirmation of
IAB members, confirmation of documents that describe the
standards process, and acting as the last resort in the appeals
process. These Standards Process Functions are defined in
[RFC2028], [RFC2031], and [RFC3677] and are out of scope for this
analysis. No changes are proposed to these Standards Process
Functions."
Carl's document explicitly states that ISOC's role in the standards
process (in item 2 above) is "out of scope", but leaves open the
possibility of changes to ISOC's administrative functions (item 1),
which include insurance coverage.
A note for future versions: This breakdown omits ISOC's fund raising
efforts. It also omits the fact that ISOC currently funds the RFC
editor.
Margaret
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