> > this is far to proscriptive - I do not think that the authors of this > > document or the general IETF community are accounts - lets establish the > > requirement that funds be available when needed but not try to dictate > > the best way for that to be done - let the accountants figure that out > I think the principle is more than available: it's a matter of > who they belong to. > How about a simple 1-sentence addition: Funds collected on behalf of the IETF and IASA shall be clearly identified as such and shall be used at the direction of the IAOC. (There are other limits in the doc on what the IAOC can do and on how the budget process works, so this sentence states that the funds "belong" to the IETF and shall be spent as such, subject, of course, to the various caveats on ISOC approval, process, etc...). Carl _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf