Dear Dave;
On Jul 21, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
On 7/21/2010 3:33 PM, John Levine wrote:
You appear to be concerned about exposing the IETF to risk by the
adoption of a privacy policy (but apologies if I am misunderstanding
the concern you expressed). The absence of a privacy policy,
however,
actually increases risk to the IETF in at least three ways:
... none of which applies since
a) the IETF has no formal legal existence
With creation of the IETF Trust, that is no longer true. There also
have been comments from one or another attorney that the absence of
formal legal formation is not the same as no "formal" legal
existence. All of which at least suggests, once again, that we
ought to leave legal pronouncements to attorneys (and even then,
seek a second opinion.)
b) the IETF has no employees
Well, again, there's a formal correctness to that statement and a
practical incorrectness.
We come close - from BCP 101
The IASA consists initially of a single full-time ISOC employee, the
IETF Administrative Director (IAD), who is entitled to act on behalf
of the IASA at the direction of the IAOC.
c) the IETF signs no contracts
I was under the impression that the IAOC now signs the event
contracts. But perhaps that's not correct.
ISOC signs any such contracts.
Regards
Marshall
It would be helpful for someone, anyone, to explain in terms specific
to the IETF what a privacy policy will accomplish.
Ahh, well. That's a good idea, not matter your earlier assertions.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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