Hi Ray,
At 12:22 24-06-2013, Ray Pelletier wrote:
Progress is being made.
The ICANN SLA for 2013 has been published.
That's a zero-cost contract. I don't have any problem with the IANA
folks I interact with. They are nice and they do what they say they
will do. That's more important to me than a SLA.
The Verilan Master Services Agreement 2013 has been published.
Both the Secretariat and the RFC Production Center contracts are
under review and I expect them published in the next two weeks
Thanks. I prefer specific dates instead of ambiguous time frames.
We have more to do and appreciate the continuing community interest
in and feedback on what we do.
I presume that this message is from IASA. What I find unusual is
that a member of the IAOC is being asked to agree to a contract
without being given the opportunity to read the contract (
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg80269.html ). I
note that the member was selected by NomCom and that the person is
doing the IAOC work as a volunteer. According to RFC 4333
"Candidates for these IAOC positions should have knowledge of the
IETF, knowledge of contracts and financial procedures". I don't know
which procedures IASA is following that make it acceptable to blindly
agree to contracts.
There was a RFP for "Remote Participation Services Specifications
Development". There were the IDIQ contracts which were mentioned
over two years ago. There was the "Requirements for Data Tracker
Extensions for Working Group Chairs and Author" contract. I did not
elaborate about all the contracts in my previous message as I assumed
that it was about all the contracts.
I do not have any vested interest in those contracts. I am okay
about answering any questions the IETF Community may have about my
vested interests.
PS Hope to see you in Berlin
It's unlikely that I will be able to make it to Germany.
Regards,
-sm