Margaret Wasserman wrote:
Hi All,
In reviewing the IASA BCP draft, I noticed that there are no specific requirements regarding the level of transparency or openness expected from the IAOC. IMO, we should be careful to start this activity with a well-established understanding regarding the level of transparency and openness that we expect.
Do we expect the IAOC to keep minutes of their meetings and post them publicly (unless there is a specific reason not to post a certain section)? Specific reasons might include: personnel issue and/or sensitive negotiation-position-related information.
Seems reasonable -- as does, eg, the IAB today.
Do we expect the IAOC mailing list archives to be publicly available?
As you've noted later -- doesn't seem entirely reasonable or needful.
Should the IAOC maintain a web site that lists its members and their e-mail addresses?
Agree with the ietf.org suggestion.
Should the same web site also include a record of all written/legal correspondence received by or sent by the IAOC (with sections removed if absolutely necessary for confidentiality)?
Firstly, do you really mean IAOC? Or IAD? Or IASA as a whole? I have a hard time imagining that the IAOC is going to get a lot of formal correspondance.
Irrespective of that -- I believe the key requirement is that the material needs to be maintained and accessible to successive generations of IAD/IAOC in support of the IASA function.
It's not at all clear to me what problem would be solved by requiring all correspondance to be publicly archived, though, beyond what we already have in the document:
[From the current version of the doc:]
Transparency: The IETF community shall have complete visibility into the financial
> and legal structure of the ISOC standards activity. In particular, a > detailed budget for the entire standards activity, quarterly financial > reports, and audited annual financial reports shall all be available to > the IETF community. In addition, key contract material and MOUs shall > also be publicly available. The IAD and IAOC are responsible for > providing regular overviews of the state of the IASA to the IETF > community.
Should all of the official IAOC decisions be announced publicly? And/or do we expect a regular (monthly?) report on IAOC activities?
What are official IAOC decisions? (As opposed to unofficial ones?). Before we dive down that rathole, perhaps what is really needed here is the statement that decisions should be minuted, and the minutes should be published regularly.
If we think that it is reasonable to require any of these things, which ones should apply to the IASA TT that we just formed?
Yes. THough I have to admit we've been struggling with the mechanics of getting good notes taken from any discussions.
Leslie.
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