On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:16 PM, Ray Pelletier wrote:
On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:08 AM, SM wrote:
At 14:54 11-02-2013, The IAOC wrote:
Please let us know ahead of time if you have specific questions you would
like
to see discussed.
The latest minutes posted by the IAB is dated January 9, 2013. The latest
minutes posted by the IESG is dated January 24, 2013. The latest minutes
posted by the IETF Trust is dated November 12, 2012. The latest minutes
posted by the IAOC is dated November 7, 2012.
The IAOC approved the 29 November and 13 December minutes on 31 January.
They are now posted. The approval was delayed somewhat due to the holidays.
Minutes are reviewed on the IAOC list and occasionally take a bit longer to
achieve consensus. The minutes for 17 and 31 January were approved on 14
February and are also now posted.
There haven't been any trust meetings, except one on 13 December 2012 for the
sole purpose of approving the minutes of 7 November, which have been posted.
The IETF Trust stated previously that the "Trustees are fully in agreement
with this requirement for openness, transparency, and accountability, and
are making a conscious effort to increase their reporting and community
interaction". I leave it to the reader to assess the results of that effort.
There were more than three financial statements posted yearly by the IAOC in
2009 and 2010. There are only three yearly after 2010.
The 2012 Financial Statements are current through November. December closes
the year and will be reviewed by the Budget Committee on 26 February, the
IAOC on the 28th and thereafter posted. The December financial statement is
always delayed while the Internet Society closes its books on the year.
According to a RFP posted in May 2012 "Any Agreement negotiated with a
Vendor, excluding cost, will be made public after execution". I don't see
the agreement at http://iaoc.ietf.org/contracts.html The latest contract
for the Secretariat is dated 2006.
These should have been on the web site, and will be corrected as soon as
possible after Orlando. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
In an effort to make it easier to find information we are working on an
update to the IAOC and Trust websites that will improve their organization.
Ray
During a past IETF meeting someone mentioned that "BCP 101 does not specify
this [transparency requirements] level of detail". From Section 7 of BCP
101:
"Transparency: The IETF community shall have complete visibility into
the financial and legal structure of the ISOC activities that are
related to, but not part of, the IASA standards support activity.
In particular, a detailed budget for the entire related ISOC
activity, quarterly financial reports, and audited annual
financial reports shall all be available to the IETF community.
In addition, key contract material and MOUs shall also be publicly
available, subject to any reasonable confidentiality obligations
approved by the IAOC."
According to the IAOC:
"The month's financial statement will be posted within 30 days of the
end of the month."
"Minutes of IAOC meetings shall be published following their adoption
by the IAOC, and in any event not later than 30 days after the meeting."
"The IAD shall provide an Operations Report to the IAOC monthly, and to
the ISOC Board as required; all such reports shall be published online.
The report shall provide an update on the Budget, the performance of all
contractors, and other relevant information as shall be decided."
Operations reports are contained here: http://iaoc.ietf.org/operations.html
and here http://iaoc.ietf.org/fstatement_detail.html
"Non-confidential agreements shall be posted upon execution. Public
agreements include ICANN/IANA MoUs and SLAs."
ICANN's are here: http://iaoc.ietf.org/contracts.html
Ray
"When a contract contains confidential information, that information
shall be summarized if possible to protect its confidentiality, or if not,
extracted. The balance of the contract shall be published on the IASA
website within 14 days of execution."
I do not have any specific questions.
Regards,
-sm