Harald quotes John and says > Or, more generally, if the IAD is expected to act merely as a > conduit for information between the IETF leadership and > Neustar/Foretec, is the job description correct (at least for > the duration of the Neustar arrangement) and does the job really > require a full-time person. I believe the IAD should be negotiating those contracts, and that these contracts should have adequate controls. And I believe that this can EASILY consume a full-time employee..... I can immagine that it might take a full time employee to negotiate a contract with NeuStar (not sure what other contracts you mean) but I can not immagine that the full time work would last any longer than it takes to negotiate the contract(s) after which I would think the IAD would be at most a 1/3 time task (unless NeuStar turns out to be real bad and takes a lot of oversight) - it seems to me that the IAD will be idle most of the time - not condusive to retaining good people. Scott _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf