Re: Last Call: 'Progressive Posting Rights Supsensions' to ...

2006-10-24 Thread Scott Bradner
I agree with John K lets purge 2418, 3683 etc of any language that appears to limit enforcement options and work things out on a case by case basis Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

RE: I understand that there is an ISO MOU with the IETF- ...

2006-10-12 Thread Scott Bradner
see RFC 3563 for one agreement Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Newtrk and ISDs (was: Re: Facts, please not handwaving ...

2006-09-21 Thread Scott Bradner
to expand on John's ps for those of you who were not involved or who have forgotten the details the note the IESG sent about their review of the ISD idea can be found at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~llynch/newtrk/msg01076.html but the feeling that the WG got from the IESG review is better viewe

Re: Facts, please, not handwaving [Re: Its about mandate RE: Why cant the IETF embrace an open Election Process]

2006-09-20 Thread Scott Bradner
Spencer remembered: > My understanding (as author of three of the proposals) was that for most of > the time newtrk was in existence, the working group's attention was focused > on ISDs as a way of avoiding the need to tackle the 3 stage process. So I'm > not sure there was even a call for conse

Re: Now there seems to be lack of communicaiton here...

2006-08-31 Thread Scott Bradner
PS - I do think its fully in Andrew's remit to make this decisison and I do not think it would be good for the IETF for anyone to appeal his decision Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Now there seems to be lack of communicaiton here...

2006-08-31 Thread Scott Bradner
> (1) Andrew's decision stands. Under RFC 3777, the only recourse available >to anyone who disagrees with that decision would be to ask Andrew to >reconsider or to file a dispute with the ISOC President. The former >has already been done, and so far no reversal has been announced. w

Re: Comments on draft-iab-rfc-editor: IETF control

2006-05-30 Thread Scott Bradner
> the level of independence and discretion granted to the RFC > Editor to edit and publish documents that are not the outcome of the > IETF's peer review process is, I believe, a central matter in any > version of an RFC Editor Charter. how could be any other way? Scott __

Re: Comments on draft-iab-rfc-editor: IETF control

2006-05-30 Thread Scott Bradner
this summary is right on > E.g. the IAB should keep its hands off the independent submission > process at least with this "channel" so is the rest of Mike's message Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]

2006-04-14 Thread Scott Bradner
now is the time to comment if you want to - a lack of comment means agreement from ARIN Member Services The ARIN Advisory Council (AC), acting under the provisions of the ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP), has reviewed Policy Proposal 20

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]

2006-04-14 Thread Scott Bradner
Michel sed > breaking news > The ARIN Advisory Council (AC), acting under the provisions of the > ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP), has reviewed > policy proposal 2005-8: Proposal to amend ARIN IPv6 assignment and > utilisation requirement and has determined that

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]

2006-04-14 Thread Scott Bradner
> Jason had the chair ask how many folks in the room were in the Default > Free Zone, and 20 people raised their hands. So from that I conclude at > the very least that 14 of those 20 did not oppose the PI proposal. its a bit harder to say than that - the 2nd question (how many from default free

Re: the iab & net neutrality

2006-03-24 Thread Scott Bradner
maybe I can summerize John's note by asking if this IAB has the will to write a RFC 1984 about net neutrality Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: STRAW PROPOSAL RFC Editor charter

2006-03-18 Thread Scott Bradner
> I think that was your point Scott? I just wanted to be sure the list of RFC types was complete Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: STRAW PROPOSAL RFC Editor charter

2006-03-17 Thread Scott Bradner
I think they are independent submissions (not generally written by teh RFC Editor staff) Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: STRAW PROPOSAL RFC Editor charter

2006-03-16 Thread Scott Bradner
> The other "publication tracks" in the above is meant to be > for -- IAB, IRTF, independent submissions, . and 1 april RFCs? ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Alternative formats for IDs

2006-01-12 Thread Scott Bradner
Dave sed: > Nroff has no current industry penetration. fwiw - Nroff is on every Mac OSX shipped it is a shell procedure that fronts groff Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Question about the Neustar logo on www.ietf.org

2006-01-02 Thread Scott Bradner
Brian sed > It's traditional, and I think fair. fwiw - it took a bit of adjusting when the ISOC logo was 1st put on the home page (as I recall) - I also think its fine but should be about the same scale as the ISOC one Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ie

Re: Last call IETF experiments

2005-12-14 Thread Scott Bradner
Sam sez: > It's certainly current IESG procedure that we can last call > informationals and experimentals. I don't know that 2026 does or > needs to say anything about it. Unless it is forbidden it seems like > a reasonable decision making tool for the IESG to apply in some cases. imo - its qui

Re: Any Final Comments on the IETF Trust

2005-12-09 Thread Scott Bradner
I think that further tweaking with this document is not going to make it much better & I think its more than good enough now - so lets sign it and get it behind us Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Update: IETF Trust Consensus Call

2005-11-23 Thread Scott Bradner
> I would like to extend the Consensus Call on the IETF Trust for one > additional week until December 2nd. fwiw - I think that the IPR trust is basically the right path to take considering the circumstances but I would like to see answers to John's issues before proceeding and join John in requ

Re: UN plans to take over our job!

2005-10-05 Thread Scott Bradner
Noel sez: If some WSIS-blessed bureacracy decides to make IP addresses "portable" (like phone numbers in a number of jurisdictions), fyi/a - an example of this thinking can be found in the aug 7 1997 amendment to the ARIN articles of incorporation - put there under the insistance of part o

Re: Cost vs. Benefit of Real-Time Applications and Infrastucture Area

2005-09-20 Thread Scott Bradner
One David opines - we need two more people out of the community who are going to spend a lot of their time on the administrative side of our organization instead of producing real work for the IETF. >> ADs do not have to stop doing useful work - many ADs (and even a >> chair >> or two) have d

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-narten-iana-considerations-rfc2434bis-02.txt

2005-07-15 Thread Scott Bradner
> In which case, what you last call is not the document itself but > what the IETF intends to say about it, and do about the related > IANA action. just so Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-narten-iana-considerations-rfc2434bis-02.txt

2005-07-14 Thread Scott Bradner
works for me (assuming that you include non-IETF documents when you say "IETF review documents") Scott >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 14 18:12:46 2005 X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Bradner) Cc: ietf@ietf.org Sub

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-narten-iana-considerations-rfc2434bis-02.txt

2005-07-14 Thread Scott Bradner
imo this update is much needed - there has been considerable confusion about some of the processes in RFC 2434 and it would be good to clear up the confusion one specific area of confusion was what used to be called "IETF Consensus" - renaming it to "IETF Review" may help but I'm not sure I thi

Re: Port numbers and IPv6 (was: I-D ACTION:draft-klensin-iana-reg-policy-00.txt)

2005-07-14 Thread Scott Bradner
> I was surprised that TCP-over-IPv6 and UDP-over-IPv6 didn't increase > >the port number space. I know it's off-topic here, but anyone know why > >they didn't? It surely must have been considered. > > > > That was considered to be part of TCPng, and as best I recall was > explicitly out of scope

Re: When to DISCUSS?

2005-07-10 Thread Scott Bradner
Sam asks: > how about just waiting to see if we have a problem before designing > new process? we have running code that there have been problems in the past maybe this new process will help avoid some of them & maybe the IESG will be more ready to push back on ADs that do not follow these much

Re: When to DISCUSS?

2005-07-08 Thread Scott Bradner
re draft-iesg-discuss-criteria-00.txt I think this is a very helpful document - if followed by the IESG it should reduce the number of what appears to be blocking actions by ADs but I did not see any enforcement mechanism - i.e. if an AD enters a DISCUSS over a section 3.2 reason how does the

Re: RFC 2434 term "IESG approval" (Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IP

2005-06-29 Thread Scott Bradner
> It's not a hard concept. It just isn't mentioned or implied in RFC 2780. neither is not drinking gasoline but I trust that will not change your desire to not do so Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: RFC 2434 term "IESG approval" (Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option)

2005-06-29 Thread Scott Bradner
> I agree that this would be a reasonable process, but wouldn't that be > "IETF Consensus" (an entirely separate choice in RFC 2434 from IESG > Approval)? see RFC 2434 IETF Consensus - New values are assigned through the IETF consensus process. Specifically, new assignments are

Re: RFC 2434 term "IESG approval" (Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option)

2005-06-29 Thread Scott Bradner
Margaret sed: > Personally, I think that if the IETF doesn't want to give the IESG > the right to approve (and refuse to approve) the allocation of IP > options, then the IETF should update RFC 2780. for what it's worth (speaking as an IETFer, forment IESGer & co-author of RFC2780) - to me its

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-29 Thread Scott Bradner
Yakov asks: > What was the reason(s) the request was made for an assignment > that required IESG Approval, rather than either Specification > Required or First Come First Serve ? it semed to be the right thing at the time it seemed to be too lose to have the IETF out of the loop when changing on

Re: Appeal of decision to standardize "Mapping Between the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and Internet Mail"

2005-06-14 Thread Scott Bradner
> I don't see that text either. I suspect it was omitted because > of the possibility of denial of service attacks on getting > standards out (Scott Bradner, a comment on this might be > helpful). I do not recall any discussion on this particular question but tere was a g

Re: IENs: 127, 117, 93

2005-04-17 Thread Scott Bradner
ps - you will also find those IENs under RFC # 762, 758 and 755 Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: IENs: 127, 117, 93

2005-04-17 Thread Scott Bradner
> I am looking for Internet Experimental Notes 127, 117 and 93. Any idea where > these can be found. ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/ien/ien127.txt for example Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Last Call: 'Requirements for IETF Draft Submission Toolset' to ...

2005-04-08 Thread Scott Bradner
I use nroff Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Voting Idea? (Was: Last Call: 'Requirements for IETF Draft Submission Toolset' to Informational RFC)

2005-04-07 Thread Scott Bradner
> But we *often* take straw polls in f2f meetings, but we do not count hands - we look to see if there is a clear difference between hands one way and or the other Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: What problems does the draft cut-off solve? ...

2005-03-02 Thread Scott Bradner
> At this point, less than one week before the meeting, only 14 WGs > (not counting BOFs) have agendas posted. humm - maybe there is another explanation for part of that I sent an agenda (including ID names) in almost a month ago but its not on the WG & BOF agenda page forwarded messa

Re: draft-ietf-ipr-trademarks-00.txt

2005-02-06 Thread Scott Bradner
Simon sez: > My proposal would include the (preferred) option of not adding (tm) > and (r), or trademark acknowledgments, at all. that option (though not marked as prefered) is in the Internet-Draft already Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org

> Perhaps clarify: #825 - IASA responsibilities regarding IPR

2005-01-31 Thread Scott Bradner
Harld admits and thinks: > I'm sure Jorge could phrase it better. but I think the meaning > is clear. works for me Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Monday consensus text: #725 Appealing decisions

2005-01-31 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald asks: > Still - I think this is a text that is possible to live with. ... > Comments? too many words for my liking but I can live with it (and the reasons behind the last paragraph are important to me) Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org

Re: Suggested resolution - #826: Section 4 - Removal of the IAOC Chair

2005-01-30 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald asks: > is using > the term "5/8 of the voting members" an acceptable phrase? it's just what I was asking for (i.e, to answer your question - yes) Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Suggested resolution - #826: Section 4 - Removal of the IAOC Chair

2005-01-28 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests The Chair serves at the pleasure of the IAOC, and may be removed from that position at any time by a vote of five of the IAOC voting members. I don't think its a good idea to use absolute numbers - its better to use fractions '4/5ths of the voting members' for example - in

BCP sec 4 - end of term

2005-01-27 Thread Scott Bradner
not a showstopper but it woudl eb good to be clear the text curently says: Subject to paragraph 2 of Section 4.1, appointed members of the IAOC serve two year terms. IAOC terms normally end at the first IETF meeting of a year, just as as IAB and IESG terms do. I suggest changing this t

RE: Progressing Re: Progress report......

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
> All we need to do is that as soon as we have IASA in place (we > still need to approve the BCP first) that IASA then starts > to prepare for RFPs and such and then the process can start. the "prepare for RFPs" seems futile (or at least *very* premature) if NeuStar is to get a N-year agreement/co

Re: Comment on draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-04

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Russ sez: We want to keep it simple. However, a recall is serious. At a minimum, we need to require that 2/3rd of the voters are present for the vote. If we say that at least 2/3rd of those present must vote for removal, then an 'abstain' is essentially a vote to keep the chair in of

a full time IAD (was Detailed Neustar answers)

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald quotes John and says > Or, more generally, if the IAD is expected to act merely as a > conduit for information between the IETF leadership and > Neustar/Foretec, is the job description correct (at least for > the duration of the Neustar arrangement) and does the job really > require a

NeuStar as a unit (was Re: Progress report......)

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald mentions in passing: for instance, the transition team has briefly considered the option of making "permanent institutional memory" in the form of archives a separate task that is carried out outside the present "secretariat" framework - since Carl's reports indicate that this

NeuStar consensus (was Re: Progress report......)

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald sez: - We will *share* with the community our opinion that this effort could help achieve a transition with less conflict and uncertainty than going straight from a CNRI-provided secretariat to an open RFP process would. is there any particular consensus determination mechanism en

Re: FW: Resolution? #787 terminology and issue 794 - naming of accounts

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Bert resuggests: 5.1 Cost Center Accounting Funds managed by the IASA shall be accounted for in a separate set of general ledger accounts within the IASA Cost Center. In the remainder of this document, these general ledger accounts are termed "IASA accounts". A periodic summary of

RE: Resolution? #787 terminology and issue 794 - naming of accouts

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
Bert suggests: As discussed with ISOC, funds managed by IASA shall be accounted for in a separate set of general ledger accounts within the Cost Center IASA. In the remainder of this docum

RE: Resolution? #787 terminology - in particular "ISOC Standards Pillar"

2005-01-26 Thread Scott Bradner
> I have left the change to "General Ledger Accounts" out for the > time being, because I am not sure we have consensus on that yet > (even though ISOC prefers that terminology). I would think it is a generally good idea to use the legal terms to reduce confusion so I see no justification to not u

Re: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests > The IAD shall ensure that personal data collected for > legitimate purposes of the IASA are protected appropriately, > and at least satisfactorily according to relevant legislation. > > Place it just after paragraph 5 of section 3.1, the one that starts out > talking abou

Re: Discussion: #822 legal review 3: Legal advice

2005-01-25 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests teh following The IAD negotiates service contracts, with input, as appropriate, from other bodies, including legal advice, and with review, as appropriate, by the IAOC. The IAOC should establish guidelines for what level of review is expected based on contract type,

Re: A little more feedback? #818 Hiring and firing the IAD

2005-01-24 Thread Scott Bradner
I prefer NEW(2) Although the IAD is an ISOC employee, he or she works under the direction of the IAOC. A committee of the IAOC is responsible for hiring and firing of the IAD, for reviewing the performance and for setting the compensation of the IAD. The members of this committee are

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-23 Thread Scott Bradner
ful Scott >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 23 15:17:14 2005 X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Bradner) Cc: ietf@ietf.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From:

re: Minor resolution: #793: Section 7 - transition of funds

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests To the extent allowed by law, any balance in the IASA accounts, any IETF-specific intellectual property rights, and any IETF-specific data and tools shall also transition to the new entity. Other terms shall be negotiated between the IETF and ISOC. works for me Scott ___

Re: Minor issue, no change? #791: Section 2.2 - Editorial

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
I agree with Harald - lets leave it as-is Margaret wrote: >> 8. The IASA, in cooperation with ISOC, shall ensure that sufficient > > s/shall ensure/shall attempt to ensure/ ?? > >> reserves exist to keep the IETF operational in the case of >> unexpected events such as income shortfalls. I

Re: No change needed? #790: Section 2.2 - In-kind donations

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald points out and suggests The question was what the purpose of the last line was. The discussion seems to have revealed that this is good business practice (don't accept gifts of white elephants), and there's no real need to change the text. agree (he says agreeing to his own word

Re: Consensus? #789: Section 5.6 - Financial reserves

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests: The IASA expects ISOC to build and provide that operational reserve, through whatever mechanisms ISOC deems appropriate. looks good to me Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
ps - I'm not sure that its all that useful to be able to appeal/review awards if they can not be overturned - apealing or reviewing the process that was followed is fine but appealling the actual award seems broken this may seem like a wording nit but I think it would properly set expectations S

Re: Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
Margaret sez: > None of the versions of the text that we are looking at (the current > BCP, Harald's, mine, Scott Brim's...) indicate that a request for > review of an IAD or IAOC decision could result in: (1) reversing a > ... if all of the proposed text actually said (as the -04 text does)

Re: gen-art: (Extra) Review of draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-04.txt

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
how about (in response to Elwyn's comment) Although the IAD is an ISOC employee, he or she works under the direction of the IAOC. A committee of the IAOC is responsible for hiring and firing of the IAD, for reviewing the performance and for setting the compensation of the IAD. The

Re: Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-21 Thread Scott Bradner
Brian clarifies: > Reviewing procedures is fine. Reviewing specific awards isn't, IMHO, > which is all I intended my words to exclude. I agree with Brian - allowing the review of specific awards could easily cause the DoS attack that I've been warning against Scott

Re: Rough consensus on no change? #786 Firing the IAOC

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald asks if "no change" on "firing the whole group" is OK its ok by me Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Consensus? #746 IAOC decision making

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
harald suggets The IAOC attempts to reach consensus on all decisions. If the IAOC cannot achieve a consensus decision, then the IAOC may decide by voting. looks good to me Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/l

Re: Rough consensus? #739 Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald asks: 2.5 Effective Date for Commencement of IASA The procedures in this document shall become operational after this document has been approved by the process defined in BCP 9 [RFC2026] , including its acceptance as an IETF

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald explains > > Answered requests for review and their responses are made public. > > --- > > > > why not make public all requests (i.e. remove "Answered" from the > > last line) > > because: > 1) some requests are an embarassment to the

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Margaret notes It seems strange, IMO, to be so worried about DoS attacks through the appeal process we've been using this process for several years for IESG and WG decisions and haven't experienced that sort of problem... the current appeals process does not apply to commercial decisions su

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-19 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggests: -- 3.5 Decision review In the case where someone questions a decision of the IAD or the IAOC, he or she may ask for a formal review of the decision. The request for review is addressed to the person or body that mad

RE: iasa-bcp-04: unanimity in section 3.4

2005-01-17 Thread Scott Bradner
Bert sez: NEW: The IAOC attempts to reach consensus on all decisions. If the IAOC cannot achieve a consensus decision, then the IAOC decides by voting. I thought the other point was that the text should

Re: Last Call Comments on draft-iasa-bcp-04.txt

2005-01-15 Thread Scott Bradner
Margaret asks > ISSUE #5: > > 6. There shall be a detailed public accounting to separately > identify all funds available to and all expenditures relating to > the IETF and to the IASA, including any donations, of funds or > in-kind, received by ISOC for IETF-related

re: iasa-bcp-04: unanimity in section 3.4

2005-01-14 Thread Scott Bradner
John K sez: > Proposed change: Get rid of "unanimous" (both times), replacing > it with "consensus" and appropriate editorial smoothing. I fully agree Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Suggest no change: #739 Assuring ISOC commitment to AdminRest

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
note that in the resolutions that accepted the IETF process BCPs (2026 for example) also had text that said that the ISOC aggreed to undertake the role described in the document for the ISOC i.e. I would expect that both would be in a single motion Scott ___

Re: Consensus? #746 3.4 IAOC decision making

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald further suggests: 3.4 IAOC Decision Making The IAOC attempts to reach all decisions unanimously. If unanimity cannot be achieved, some decisions may be made by voting. The IAOC decides the details about its decision-making rules, including its rules for quorum, conflict o

Re: Consensus search: #725 3.4b Appealing decisions

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
> -On torsdag, januar 13, 2005 07:20:22 -0600 Spencer Dawkins > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Harald, > > > > So the IAD and IAOC don't have to respond to individual requests for > > review unless IAB or IESG make the request on behalf of an individual, > > but we all get to see requests and

Re: Consensus search: #725 3.4b Appealing decisions

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
> I think you have to explain more why you are worried before I'm able to > share them. I have in detail in the past Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Consensus search: #725 3.4b Appealing decisions

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
harald proposes: 3.5 Decision review In the case where someone questions a decision of the IAD or the IAOC, he or she may ask for a formal review of the decision. The request for review is addressed to the person or body that made the decision. It is up to that body to decide to mak

Re: No communication: #746 IAOC decision making

2005-01-13 Thread Scott Bradner
> So - Scott, can you confirm that you think quorum rules should be in the > BCP? Rob, can you confirm that you think they should not be? imo - if rules for voting are in the document then quorum rules should be but I'm fine with the idea that the document say 1/ general method is consens

Re: Minor word tweak: #718 Transparency - Decisions and Reports

2005-01-12 Thread Scott Bradner
haralald's Suggested revision: All IAOC decisions shall be recorded in IAOC minutes, and IAOC minutes shall be published regularly. looks fine to me Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Consensus? #733 Outsourcing principle

2005-01-12 Thread Scott Bradner
harald asks > We have to adjust the second sentence (referring to "such contracts" would > become ambiguous), so the total paragraph becomes: In principle, IETF administrative functions should be outsourced. Decisions to perform specific functions "in-house" should be explicitly justifie

Re: IASA Finances - an attempt at some uplevelling

2005-01-10 Thread Scott Bradner
Specific suggestion for text changes from harald Reserves Section 2.2 bullet 7, current: 8. The IASA shall establish a target for a reserve fund to cover normal operating expenses and meeting expenses in accordance with prudent plann

Re: V2 Consensus? #770 Compensation for IAOC members

2005-01-10 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald suggets: so I'll switch to proposing that we adopt the text by (at last count) John Klensin and Mike St. Johns at the end of section 4.0: - The IAOC members shall not receive any compensation for their services as

RE: Excellent choice for summer meeting location!

2005-01-03 Thread Scott Bradner
Glen rants: > Are you then claiming that there is _nowhere_ in France that a) is > capable of hosting a meeting with the IETF's requirements and b) the > weather is more pleasant? =20 how about Paris? http://www.paris.org/Accueil/Climate/gifs/paris.climate.temp.html seems like the news story

RE: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2005-01-03 Thread Scott Bradner
bert asks: > The current text in section 3, 1st para states > The IAOC consists of volunteers, > does that not say enough? I'd say no - volunteers can get paid in some cases Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2005-01-03 Thread Scott Bradner
Jonne asks: > would > x.x Compensation for IOAC members > The IOAC members shall not receive any compensation (apart from > reimbursement of expenses) for their services as members of the > IOAC." > > do the trick then? works for me _

Re: Issue #727: Section 2.2, 4, & 7 - Miscellaneous & editorial

2005-01-02 Thread Scott Bradner
brian asks > Perhaps we do indeed need to explicitly limit the > IAOC Chair to chairing the IAOC. But we almost do - the following paragraph > says: > > The chair of the IAOC shall have the authority to manage the > activities and meetings of the IAOC. The IAOC Chair has no formal >

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-31 Thread Scott Bradner
> However, people from outside US have to pay > for the long distance fee to call those numbers. the services that teh IESG used when I was an AD called out to non-US folk (or to folk that were in those %%(*$%$& hotels that charge per minute for "toll free" calls longer than some time) Scott __

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-31 Thread Scott Bradner
> > just being willing to pay travel expenses might make it possible for > > someone to be able to do the IAOC job (since I think it can be done > > in non-day-job time) - that is not the case for IAB or IESG members > > To be honest, I don't quite follow this logic. What would be the major > dif

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-31 Thread Scott Bradner
> Personally, I don't understand why we would have a different > reimbursement policy for IAOC members than for IESG and IAB members. just being willing to pay travel expenses might make it possible for someone to be able to do the IAOC job (since I think it can be done in non-day-job time) - t

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-30 Thread Scott Bradner
please do not read more into what I said than I said - I *only* meant what I said - nothing more (I have a hard time understanding how anyone could have misread what I said) I did not suggest any change to the non-reimbursment of IESG & IAB expanses - nor did I intend to I expect the job of being

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-30 Thread Scott Bradner
> I admit that I maybe have too much a view point of someone working for a > relatively large company. not everyone does > I try to approach this from a position where > the IAOC itself does not become a significant cost for IASA. I agree - see my note - I do not think that face to face meetin

Re: Adminrest: BCP -03: Compensation for IAOC members

2004-12-30 Thread Scott Bradner
thanks to Jonne for bringing this up - I agree that some text about this should be in the document but I disagree on what it should say. imo - the IAOC members should not be compensated for their time but I think its reasonable for them to be reimbursed for expenses for travel to meetings not h

Re: Issue #745: Section 3.1 - ISOC involvment in budget

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
> Scoot, I believe that we have also resolved that issue > implicitly by resolving issue749. Do you agree? not being someone who memorizes issue numbers I had to look these up but I think you are correct Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https:

Re: No change needed? #723 - Outsourcing as a principle

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
I like John's formulation & reason In principle, IETF administrative functions should be outsourced. Decisions to perform specific functions "in-house" should be explicitly justified by the IAOC and restricted to the minimum staff required, with these decis

Re: Issue #740: Section 2.2 & 5.6 - IASA BCP -02 Reserves

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
Bert quotes lynn and then says > > Maybe replace the last two sentences with some variation of "Access > > to these reserves would expect to follow normal IAOC and ISOC > > approval processes for any budget overruns." > > > > I believe that the current text was quite extensively discussed in t

RE: Issue: #749: Section 6 - Budget process

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
Bert sez: As a result of the discussion I have updated the text and it currently looks as follows in my edit buffer: While the IASA sets a budget for the IETF's administrative needs, its budget process clearly needs to b

Re: #732: Section 5 - Fund raising cost allocated to IASA?

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
clearly fund raising expenses must be accounted for but, imo, there is nothing special about fund raising expenses - there will also be other overhead costs that will have to be seen as being in the IASA budget (Bert mentions credit card fees, there is also office space, legal support for contrac

Re: No change needed? #723 - Outsourcing as a principle

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
Harald concludes: > I believe that these are valid reasons to keep the mention of the > outsourcing principle in section 3, so I suggest we close #723 with "no > changes needed". I agree Scott ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org

Re: Issue #723: Section 3 - Requirements for Outsourced Activities

2004-12-23 Thread Scott Bradner
accounting transparency is mentioned in a number of places already it seems overly redundent to mention it here yet again - but its not a big deal to me Scott - Kurtis comments on text suggested by Bernard: > On 2004-12-09, at 17.02, Bernard Aboba wrote: > > > Suggest this be rewritten to:

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