> > As far as I understand the trust agreement the voting members and the IAD
> are members of the trust. If the 'chairs' are non-voting members of the IAOC
> then the idea is that they would not be trustees and a modification of the
> trust agreement is not needed. That can be clarified.
> >
> > If the chairs should be trustees (are you arguing that?) then I agree, a
> trust agreement modification is needed.
>
> The Trust Agreement and *only* the Trust Agreement defines who
> is a Trustee. At the moment it says that members of the IAOC
> under BCP 101 are Trustees, without any qualification such as
> "voting". So if we make the I* Chairs non-voting members of
> the IAOC by formally updating BCP 101, the I* Chairs would
> remain as Trustees. Since that is (in my experience) a large
> part of an IAOC member's time commitment, the problem you're
> trying to solve would not be solved, IMHO, unless the Trust
> amended the Trust Agreement too. That's all I wanted to point out.
>
>    Brian
>

Brian's interpretation is correct.  If someone is an IAOC member, voting or
not, then he/she is a Trustee with full fiduciary duties.  To change this,
the Trust Agreement would need to be amended.
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