Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Initial contract with who? The only fair bidding process I know
is one in which potential bidders are sought via a very widespread
and relatively low cost RFI, followed by a targetted and relatively
high cost RFP.
IMHO the risk of not having an RFI is that the bids
Eliot Lear wrote:
John C Klensin wrote:
How does one fix later a contract, presumably a multi-year
one, if we get what we ask for and then discover that we don't
like it?
By specifying flexible terms in the initial contract.
Initial contract with who? The only fair bidding process I
IMHO IASA issung an RFI strikes me as dallying. Let's not. If we get
it wrong we fix it later. Same with process changes as a result of
further action on the part of this organization.
Eliot
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--On Friday, 14 April, 2006 13:33 +0200 Eliot Lear
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IMHO IASA issung an RFI strikes me as dallying. Let's not.
If we get it wrong we fix it later. Same with process changes
as a result of further action on the part of this organization.
How does one fix later a
John C Klensin wrote:
How does one fix later a contract, presumably a multi-year
one, if we get what we ask for and then discover that we don't
like it?
By specifying flexible terms in the initial contract.
Eliot
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Leslie, IAB, and others,
Three observations on the schedule (included below for
convenience), based on the events of the last month...
(1) The initial STRAW PROPOSAL draft of the new RFC Editor
charter, in your email of 16 March, says, in part,...
The purpose of this straw proposal is to
Hi Leslie, and thanks for working on this. I also believe that this
process is important and beneficial for everyone who either
uses or produces (IETF, IAB, IRTF, individuals) RFCs.
Overall, the timeline looks fine. I have a few comments and questions
on it, however:
. developing
The IAB and IAOC have put together the following proposed
plan for clarifying the RFC Editor function and running through
a contract review process this year.
The key pieces of this proposed process are:
. getting agreement on a basic RFC Editor charter
. completing TechSpec to
