Harald, It is unclear from Leslie's mail if the person would be a consultant or a general manager. Could you clarify this a bit? I'm confused about what exactly this person would do. thanks, John > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-announce-bounces@ietf.org > [mailto:ietf-announce-bounces@ietf.org]On Behalf Of ext Harald > Alvestrand > Sent: 30 May, 2004 18:32 > To: IETF Announcement list > Subject: From Leslie Daigle: AdminRest update > > > Leslie Daigle, IAB chair, has been sending monthly updates on > the administrative restructuring activities to the IETF list. > Since this is a particularly significant update, I thought it > deserved a wider circulation. Enjoy! > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > Since the Seoul plenary meetings, Harald and I have been > working on our take-away action items. We had the opportunity > to talk with the ISOC Board in mid-May. We reviewed briefly the > trajectory set in motion from the AdvComm document, and outlined the > framework that we presented in plenary in Seoul (the "AdminRest" > framework, draft-daigle-adminrest). Following up on our statements > in Seoul, we asked for support to address some of the > cross-organization > and specific organization tasks for current operational needs, > and to support the task of exploring the AdminRest framework to the > extent of producing more of a concrete proposal. I'm happy to > report that the ISOC BoT was indeed very supportive of this > effort. The specifics (i.e., ISOC Board resolution) will be > published as part of the ISOC Board meeting minutes. > > The highlights of that support include the allocation of > an ISOC budget sum, not to exceed $250,000, to be spent over a six > month period for personnel, incidental expenses, and legal > and accounting fees to hire and manage a consultant who will > complete the > analysis started in RFC 3716 and make recommendations regarding the > organizational requirements and potential organizational models of the > IETF. > > The first step, clearly, is to find and hire the appropriate > person. We have a few people in mind to talk to, but as we can > always use pointers to people we may not have thought of, here's > an outline of the characteristics and expectations we're using > as guidelines: > > This is a support function is not intended as a policy-making role, > but intended to execute and clarify the policy set forth by the > IETF leadership, reporting to the ISOC president (as an ISOC project). > Essentially, we are looking for someone we can work with; the > kinds of deliverables and requiremed skills are as outlined below. > > Deliverables for the project will include: > > Data Flow: a set of requirements for implementing appropriate > tracking of IETF documents and reporting of status across the > support organizations. > > RFC Editor contract: a negotiated contract that is agreeable to > all concerned parties. > > Administrative restructuring: documentation and support as > appropriate to the continued evolution of the restructuring > effort, which is continuously reviewed by the IAB, IESG and the > rest of the IETF community. > > Types of activities/tasks this will include: > > - Assist in drafting the proposed structure/bylaws for the > IETF administrative entity > - Revising proposed structure/bylaws based on the public > review, including reviews by competent counsel > - Negotiate the contracts for RFC Editor as a model for > eventual use by the IETF administrative entity > - Interacting with the RFC Editor, IANA and Secretariat to > determine the requirements for inter-organizational document > flow matched to overall IETF process needs > > > So from this, we have the required skill set: > > - understanding inter-organizational relationships and document flows > - ability in contract negotiation > - insight into organization formalization > - experience with the creation of organizations (preferably > nonprofits) > - understanding of the legal aspects of such an organization > - understanding of the financial aspects of such an organization > > > (all of this with the understanding that specific other expertise, > e.g., financial and legal advice, can be brought in on an as-needed > basis). > > > We hope to identify a suitable candidate in the upcoming weeks. > > Leslie. > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Reality: > Yours to discover." > -- ThinkingCat > Leslie Daigle > leslie@thinkingcat.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > IETF-Announce@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
