Discussion: #822 legal review 3: Legal advice

2005-01-25 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
The discussion of legal advice (Jorge's third point) seems to have revealed that there are two issues here: - Should legal advice be sought? That's almost too obvious to state, but might be worth stating anyway.. I suggest that we add to paragraph 4 of section 3.1, IAD responsibilities.

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

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Scott Bradner wrote: 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

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

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: The discussion of legal advice (Jorge's third point) seems to have revealed that there are two issues here: - Should legal advice be sought? That's almost too obvious to state, but might be worth stating anyway.. I suggest that we add to paragraph 4 of

Re: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Harald, I'm with you except perhaps for the data protection issue. Elwyn is right that laws in this area vary widely and if, for example, a subcontractor is located in the EU they will be much more constrained about use of personal data than in the US. I suggest adding something to the IAD's

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Sam Hartman wrote: Brian == Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Reviewing procedures is fine. Reviewing specific awards Brian isn't, IMHO, which is all I intended my words to exclude. Attempting to undo a specific award once things are signed (or delaying signing) is

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

Re: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On 25. januar 2005 11:40 +0100 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harald, I'm with you except perhaps for the data protection issue. Elwyn is right that laws in this area vary widely and if, for example, a subcontractor is located in the EU they will be much more constrained about use

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Hi Brian, At 11:48 AM +0100 1/25/05, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Exactly. And we need to be sure that the appeals text allows for review of procedures, including the kind of case study you suggest, without allowing the appeal procedure to be used for commercial food-fights. It's tricky to get that

Re: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: --On 25. januar 2005 11:40 +0100 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harald, I'm with you except perhaps for the data protection issue. Elwyn is right that laws in this area vary widely and if, for example, a subcontractor is located in the EU they will be

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread avri
hi, I generally agree with these principles with some comments: in (2) I think that the review request need to be addressed to the chair of the respective body. I think the language of 2026 can be adapted as to contents. in (5), I think the appeals should have the full chain of appeals. I

Re: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Elwyn Davies
At 17:42 24/01/2005, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: There has apparently been no comments on these I thought I'd make a pass... Some thoughts: S1, para 3: s/Such support includes/The support for current work includes/ this works either way for me - current seems to say the next sentences

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Margaret Wasserman
At 7:54 AM -0500 1/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in (2) I think that the review request need to be addressed to the chair of the respective body. I think the language of 2026 can be adapted as to contents. Yes, I agree. That is what I included in my proposed wording (lo these many moons

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 about

Progress report......

2005-01-25 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Despite the fact that the number of messages on the list doesn't seem to be decreasing, I believe we are in fact making progress. Out of 22 tickets listed as open yesterday, I believe we have agreed text on most - 3 needed some checking, 3 were not yet processed, and only one - the appeals

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Margaret Wasserman wrote: Hi Brian, At 11:48 AM +0100 1/25/05, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Exactly. And we need to be sure that the appeals text allows for review of procedures, including the kind of case study you suggest, without allowing the appeal procedure to be used for commercial food-fights.

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Brian E Carpenter wrote: Scott Bradner wrote: 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

RE: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Inline -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 18:42 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials There has apparently been no comments on these I thought I'd

RE: Edits - #819 - Elwyn's editorials

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Brian E Carpenter writes: Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: --On 25. januar 2005 11:40 +0100 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harald, I'm with you except perhaps for the data protection issue. Elwyn is right that laws in this area vary widely and if, for example, a

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread avri
On 25 jan 2005, at 08.33, Margaret Wasserman wrote: At 7:54 AM -0500 1/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in (2) I think that the review request need to be addressed to the chair of the respective body. I think the language of 2026 can be adapted as to contents. Yes, I agree. That is what I

Issue #787 - Transparency in sect 7

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Issue 787 is linked to issue 794 Inside 787 we have several topics in fact. One of them is Transparency in sect 7 Harald (justified and) suggested to change the current text Transparency: The IETF community shall have complete visibility into the financial and legal structure of the ISOC

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Sam Hartman
John == John C Klensin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, failure to take adequate comments before making a decision seems like a reasonable justification from my standpoint for reviewing that decision. Depending on the consequences of doing so it may even be appropriate to

RE: Consensus? #746 IAOC decision making

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Brian E Carpenter writes Scott Bradner wrote: 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 Agreed Brian wfm Change applied to editing

Re: Issue #787 - Transparency in sect 7

2005-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 18:01:31 +0100 Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Issue 787 is linked to issue 794 Inside 787 we have several topics in fact. One of them is Transparency in sect 7 Harald (justified and) suggested to change the current text Transparency: The IETF

RE: Issue #787 - Transparency in sect 7

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Inline -Original Message- From: Jeffrey Hutzelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 21:15 To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert); ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Issue #787 - Transparency in sect 7 On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 18:01:31 +0100 Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [EMAIL

Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Sam Hartman
I agree with Margaret's general principles with a few comments. (4) is desirable to me but not critical. I am ambivalent on (6); I don't think it is particularly problematic but do not think it is required. I understand others disagree with me strongly on this point. The rest of the principles

#425: Review versus appeal?

2005-01-25 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Checking the debate, it seems interesting to ask about one single distinction on the alternatives: Do we want to institutionalize a review or an appeal? In the sense I'm using it here, which I think isn't too strange: - Review means that a body looks at a decision/handling, and tells us why

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

2005-01-25 Thread Lynn St.Amour
Comments below. Thanks, Lynn At 6:03 PM +0100 1/20/05, Tom Petch wrote: Inline, Tom Petch - Original Message - From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip IASA accounts should probably be changed to IASA general ledger accounts - to have a recognizable term from bookkeeping

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

2005-01-25 Thread Lynn St.Amour
Margaret, I agree with your point below but I do feel it is helpful to state what ISOC's intended implementation is: a Cost Center within ISOC. This should not override the section (principle) you quote below. Perhaps we can add language at the beginning of this section to clarify all this (or

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
W.r.t. to latest suggested text by Harald: So we have 3 alternatives: OLD Although the IAD is an ISOC employee, he or she works under the direction of the IAOC. The IAD is selected and hired by a committee of the IAOC. The members of this committee are appointed by the IAOC,

Re: #425: Review versus appeal?

2005-01-25 Thread Sam Hartman
Our processes have tended to always have review as the first step in an appeal. I believe that is important. Margaret's principle (5) which I agree with is consistent with your definition of appeal although I'm not sure I would use that word. ___

IAOC Responsibilities

2005-01-25 Thread Robert Kahn
It was recently pointed out that issues concerning confidentiality of information may not have been adequately addressed; patent submissions may also place additional constraints and restrictions on what individuals and organizations can do with intellectual property. Indeed, this is but one

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
This text is now in my edit buffer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 15:23 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Consensus? #789: Section 5.6 - Financial reserves Harald suggests: The

Issue #788: Section 3 - Which functions should be done in-house , ...

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
I now have this text: t The IAOC is expected to determine what IETF administrative functions are to be performed, and how or where they should be performed (e.g., internally to the IASA or by outside organizations), so as to

RE: Discussion: #786 Section 2.2, 3.1 and 6: Inconsistent descrip tion of the budget process

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Makes sense to me. Changes applied in my edit buffer as proposed by Harald below. Bert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 14:26 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Discussion: #786 Section

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
TExt change made in my edit buffer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 15:35 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: re: Minor resolution: #793: Section 7 - transition of funds Harald suggests To

Re: IAOC Responsibilities

2005-01-25 Thread Carl Malamud
Hi Bob - Since I examined some of the issues you raise in some depth as part of my consulting engagement, I thought I could provide some useful background on some of the points you raise. For those who are interested, I looked at these issues in two reports:

RE: Issue #787 - Transparency in sect 7

2005-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 21:32:28 +0100 Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds good to me, except why did we drop the last sentence? If you look at the email archives, then you can see that we concluded that in this section (which is about ISOC responsibilities) it seems not

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

2005-01-25 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Lynn's suggested text is fine with me. Margaret At 4:53 PM -0500 1/25/05, Lynn St.Amour wrote: Margaret, I agree with your point below but I do feel it is helpful to state what ISOC's intended implementation is: a Cost Center within ISOC. This should not override the section (principle) you

RE: Legal review 4: Minor editorial

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
These 2 have been applied to my edit buffer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 15:46 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Legal review 4: Minor editorial Editorial Comments from Jorge:

RE: Confidentiality obligations (Re: Legal review 4: Minor editor ial)

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Changed In addition, key contract material and MOUs shall also be publicly available, subject to any reasonable confidentiality obligations approved by the IAD. into In addition, key contract

RE: Legal review 2: Trademarks

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Brian E Carpenter writes: Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Suggestion: Add to section 3, one paragraph before section 3.1: The IASA is responsible for undertaking any and all required actions that involve trademarks on behalf of the IETF. Works for me sfm too, and for now I have

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
I ahve made the change suggested by Harald. Bert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:23 To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Discussion: #822 legal review 3: Legal advice The discussion

Mud. Clear as. Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Leslie Daigle
With apologies for having posted disappeared (ISP other unexpected connectivity challenges), I'd like to try another cut at what I was getting at, based on the discussion since. On Friday, I tried a minimal edit on words that had flown around the list and seemed to have some consensus. Here's

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

2005-01-25 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
So... not 100% sure I captured the result ciorrectly. This is what we have in rev 04: section title=Divisional Accounting anchor=divisional-accounting t Funds managed by IASA shall be accounted for in a separate set of accounts.

Re: FYI: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-04.txt (fwd)

2005-01-25 Thread Lynn St.Amour
At 8:16 AM +0100 1/17/05, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Thanks for the comments, Lynn! --On søndag, januar 16, 2005 18:03:35 -0500 Lynn St.Amour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- In 2.2 principle 8 - note: this is not a critical change, but it may be helpful to more accurately reference later text

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

2005-01-25 Thread Carl Malamud
Bert - I assume from the long to and cc list you are looking for me too affirmations. I'm 100% fine with what you have and, if any of the other folks think you're only 95% and propose tweaks, let me say in advance I'm fine with that as well. Regards, Carl So... not 100% sure I captured the

Re: Mud. Clear as. Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread avri
Hi Leslie, This formulation is still of the form that does not give the IETF community a direct voice in the review and appeal mechanisms for the IAOC. I, personally see not reason why the IAOC is not directly addressable by the community and does not have a direct obligation to the IETF

Re: Progress report......

2005-01-25 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, 25 January, 2005 14:46 +0100 Harald Tveit Alvestrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the fact that the number of messages on the list doesn't seem to be decreasing, I believe we are in fact making progress. ... Harald (and Leslie), This is very encouraging. But there is a

Re: Mud. Clear as. Re: Rough consensus? #425 3.5

2005-01-25 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Avri, --On tirsdag, januar 25, 2005 23:44:09 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Leslie, This formulation is still of the form that does not give the IETF community a direct voice in the review and appeal mechanisms for the IAOC. I do not understand what you mean by direct voice. Could you explain?

RFC 3987 on Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)

2005-01-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 3987 Title: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) Author(s): M. Duerst, M. Suignard Status: Standards Track Date: January 2005 Mailbox:[EMAIL