Sad to understand that the IETF is actually used by a money business as a money machine. I better understand why Berner-Lee hopes the web will be saved from money makers. Time to move to public domain?
Portzamparc 2010/11/17 Russ Housley <[email protected]> > I thought that the IETF community would be interested in this information. > > Russ > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ISOC] Board of Trustees Meeting Output > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:05:22 -0500 > From: Donna McCague <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > > Dear Colleagues, > > The Internet Society Board of Trustees met this weekend in Beijing, > immediately following the 79th IETF meeting. We wanted to update you on > a couple of key elements following the meeting: > > Firstly, a key agenda item was to determine whether to support the > planned donation in 2011 of 1Million USD to W3C as outlined in a > resolution passed last December. The board reviewed the W3C's progress > against expectations and passed the new resolution unanimously. The > donation, the second installment of the Internet Society's 2009 pledge > of 2.5M USD over three years, will continue to support the evolution of > W3C as an organization that creates open Web standards in addition to > the creation of a light-weight headquarters. > > There will be a news announcement on this matter in the next 24 hours. > > I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank our Chapters and > membership once more for the great feedback and suggestions we received > via the recent survey. This input to identify the most important focus > areas for our stakeholders is crucial to our business planning process. > > Another key item discussed by the Board was the proposed Internet > Society Business Plan. This is the most detailed and ambitious plan we > have submitted to the Board to date. Feedback has been positive, > particularly around our plans for further empowering our Regional > Bureaus, providing greater support for our Chapters and Members, and > pursuing new opportunities to advance the work and awareness of the IETF > in emerging countries. We continue to strengthen our efforts to identify > new revenue producing streams in line with the guidance of the Board. We > fully expect final approval of the plan in the next 30 days. > > We very much encourage ongoing feedback from our stakeholders on the > draft Business Plan. Please send any comments or suggestions you have to > [email protected]. > > It is also worth highlighting the significance of the location of the > Board meeting in Beijing - the IETF held a historic first event in China > following a steady increase in the participation of Chinese engineers > over the last few years. During the course of the event, the Internet > Society was also able to build on its longstanding relationship with the > Internet Society of China. Not only did several Internet Society > representatives participate in a day long Innovation Forum organised by > ISC, but the Internet Society of China also participated in the IETF > press conference alongside representatives from the other sponsors of > this 79th event - Tsinghua University and China Internet Network > Information Center (CINIC). > > Best regards, > > Donna > > Donna McCague > Organization Membership Coordinator > [email protected] > Internet Society > + 1 703 439-2130/direct > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >
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