From Jorge:
3. Legal Advice.
(Apologies if I sound biased about this one, but....)
Although the IAD and IASA have responsibility for negotiating and
approving all contracts relating to IETF, there is no indication that they are expected or even encouraged to seek legal advice
regarding these contracts. Given the unclear language of some of the historical IETF-related contracts, I think it would be advisable to set forth a principle that the IAD should seek legal advice regarding any material contract that he/she negotiates. This would exclude routine contracts for things like office services, but should definitely apply to the contracts with ISOC, IANA, ICANN, the RFC Editor, the conference organizer (whether it's CNRI, Fortec, or somebody else), and any contract that
relates to the development of data, software or other IP.
Moreover, I think that an express statement should be made that the IAD/IASA should obtain "independent" legal advice. That is, from legal counsel who are not ISOC's counsel. This will serve to reinforce the independence of IETF from ISOC.
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