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Re: IASA BCP Issue: Budgeting process and financial oversight

2004-11-26 20:15:29
"Harald" == Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no> 
writes:

    Harald> Quoting from section 3:

    >> The IASA will initially consist of a single full-time ISOC
    >> employee, the IETF Administrative Director (IAD), who will be
    >> an officer entitled to act on behalf of the IASA at the
    >> direction of the IAOC.  The IAD is likely to draw on financial,
    >> legal and administrative support furnished by ISOC support
    >> staff or consultants.  Allocation of costs for ISOC support
    >> staff and consultants will be based on an actual expenses or on
    >> some other allocation model determined by consultation between
    >> the IAOC and ISOC.

    Harald> I think that is the right division of labour (the IASA
    Harald> *does* the work, the IAOC *oversees* the work, and the
    Harald> IAOC is *not* part of IASA).  So any power that implies
    Harald> *doing*, including chartering committes that help define
    Harald> or refine the support for the IETF, should be given to the
    Harald> IAD, not to the IAOC. Any committee that does *oversight*
    Harald> (for instance an audit committee) should be chartered by
    Harald> the IAOC.

This makes sense to me.


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