I don't think there is any principle in 2.2 that forms a basis for saying
that we need to aim towards limiting IETF support to meeting fees and
designated donations.
The situation we have now is (I think) that a lot of people support ISOC
because they want to support the IETF, but do not require that ISOC account
for their contribution separately - perhaps because they trust ISOC to do
the Right Thing, because they've looked at the numbers and figure that IETF
support is ISOC's major activity anyway, or because they think that ISOC's
other activities are "somewhat valuable", and don't mind some of their
money going in that direction, as long as IETF gets the support it needs.
I don't see a particular benefit in aiming for not allowing such "I support
the IETF and the other stuff too" donations to contribute to the IETF.
Suggested edit: Change
Note that the goal is to achieve and maintain a viable IETF support
function based on meeting fees and designated donations. The IETF
community expects the IAOC and ISOC to work together to attain that goal,
and recognizes that doing so will require striking some sort of balance.
to
Note that the goal is to achieve and maintain a viable IETF support
function based on avaiable funding sources. The IETF
community expects the IAOC and ISOC to work together to attain that goal,
and recognizes that doing so will require striking some sort of balance.
(I thought about making that "stable funding sources" - but neither meeting
fees nor donations really qualify as "stable"..... so I didn't).
(note: this is my opinion on the matter - if I later want to say that I
have detected consensus on this point, I'll say so.)
Harald
--On 1. desember 2004 23:23 -0500 Scott Bradner <sob(_at_)harvard(_dot_)edu>
wrote:
section 5 starts out saying
The IASA manages money from three sources:
1. IETF meeting revenues.
2. Designated donations to ISOC (both monetary and in-kind).
3. Other ISOC support.
then goes on to say
Note that the goal is to achieve and maintain a viable IETF support
function based on meeting fees and designated donations.
I see no reason whatsoever to eliminate the other ISOC support
from the second text - what benefit can flow from limiting the
way that the ISOC raises IETF support? - the first part of section 5 is
fine - do not negate the flexability in the second part
Scott
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