--On onsdag, januar 26, 2005 09:41:05 -0500 Scott Bradner <sob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
check out <http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/adminrest/transteam/notes/16.html>
It's just notes, but there are some examples of issues that SOMEONE has to deal with - and I don't think we can subcontract all those decisions to Neustar.
Harald
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