John,
forgive me for pulling a reset here - but I've become sufficiently lost in
the various threads on the "progress report" heading that I'm no longer
certain which questions you've raised, which have been answered, which have
been overtaken by events, and which are no longer relevant. So let me start
over.
To my mind, there are 2 basic questions to raise:
- Does the BCP as written give the IAD the power to receive an unsolicited
offer for a service that might otherwise have been put out for bid,
consider it, consult on it, decide that it is the best thing for the IETF,
propose to ISOC and the IAOC that this is a good thing for the IETF and is
financially responsible, and, after getting approval from them, sign the
deal?
I believe the answer is "yes" - the business of the IASA is the IAD's to
administer. If we (as represented by the IAOC) don't like it, we chastise
him/her or fire him/her. And I believe that has been true at least since
version -00 (I did not check the "scenario O" text).
As a subsidiary question: Should the BCP give the IAD that power?
Here too, I believe the answer is "yes" - you've written some great pieces
on why the IAD needs considerable autonomy on how to do business in the
past.
And the other basic question:
- Is the deal that Neustar has said that they are considering offering the
best thing for the IETF?
I believe the answer here is "we don't know, but it might be" - and you may
consider the message from Leslie and the subsequent discussion to be a part
of the transition team attempting to get a head start on the consultation
that the IAD will have to do in order to decide that issue.
I'm sure that there are all sorts of ramifications and implications of both
those two questions - but do you agree that these are the 2 core questions
on the thread, and that they are different?
Harald
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