Yes, that is still ok with me. It is the phrase ' the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities of the IASA' that is critical to me. That tells me I will be able to see what I need to. >From what Lynn says, 'general ledger' as defined by GAAP does not include this information; rather it is the raw material (extended trial balance?) from which these can be prepared (as profit and loss, and as balance sheet); ie if we get the general ledger in this sense, then we would each have to perform our own manipulation in order to prepare this information, eg to work out what the reserves are. . And 'general ledger' as used in other accounting circles does not have this meaning so while it is a technical accounting term, even a legal term, it does not have an agreed international meaning. Either way, I think those four words are more likely to produce what is wanted. Tom Petch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:25 PM Subject: RE: Resolution? #787 terminology and issue 794 - naming of accounts > Having seen some more reactions... I think we can solve > the "general Ledger Accounts" issue with a very simple > addition as follows: > > <section title="Cost Center Accounting" anchor="cc-accounting"> > <t> > As discussed with ISOC, funds managed by IASA shall > be accounted for in a separate set of general ledger > accounts within the Cost Center IASA. > In the remainder of this document, these general ledger > accounts are termed "IASA accounts". > A periodic summary of the IASA accounts shall be reported > in the form of standard financial statements that reflect > the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities of the IASA > cost center. > </t> > <t> > IAOC and ISOC shall agree upon and publish procedures > for reporting and auditing of these accounts. > </t> > <t> > Note that the ISOC in consultation with IAOC can determine > to tructure the IASA accounting differently in the future > within the constraints outlined in > <xref target="isoc-responsibilities"/>. > </t> > </section> > > It establishes the link between the ISOC terminology and at the same > time it lest us (techies) not trip over the long term all the time. > > That is what I am putting into rev 05. > > OK? > > Bert _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf