From Jorge:
3. Legal Advice.
(Apologies if I sound biased about this one, but....)
Although the IAD and IASA have responsibility for negotiating and
approving all contracts relating to IETF, there is no indication that they
are expected or even encouraged to seek legal advice
regarding these contracts. Given the unclear language of some of the
historical IETF-related contracts, I think it would be advisable to set
forth a principle that the IAD should seek legal advice regarding any
material contract that he/she negotiates. This would exclude routine
contracts for things like office services, but should definitely apply to
the contracts with ISOC, IANA, ICANN, the RFC Editor, the conference
organizer (whether it's CNRI, Fortec, or somebody else), and any contract
that
relates to the development of data, software or other IP.
Moreover, I think that an express statement should be made that
the IAD/IASA should obtain "independent" legal advice. That is,
from legal counsel who are not ISOC's counsel. This will serve
to reinforce the independence of IETF from ISOC.
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