At 4:49 PM -0500 9/8/04, Pete Resnick wrote:
On 9/8/04 at 4:54 PM -0400, Lynn St.Amour wrote:
Should the IETF incorporate as a separate entity...
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 the insurance coverage for members of the IETF,
would it?
pr
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Thanks Pete,
I did mean the IETF Admin entity, despite the 'shorthand' terminology above.
I had ISOC's Director of Finance - Lynn DuVal expand upon the earlier
response. Her response is below.
Yes, incorporating the administrative functions of the IETF will
require that they obtain their own insurance policy. Once, a
separate entity is formed, it requires its own federal identification
number and hence its own insurance policy. (Doesn't matter if it is
incorporated as a non-profit, for profit or as a foundation.) If
the admin. entity does only admin, then they would need coverage
which protects the officers against errors & omissions in the admin.
area only. ISOC could continue to cover any Standards activities.
We would just need to be very specific about the split of
responsibilities between the organizations to ensure that the
policies were properly aligned.
Regards,
Lynn
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