On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:44 PM, jean-michel bernier de portzamparc wrote: > Sad to understand that the IETF is actually used by a money business as a money machine. The money flow goes in the other direction. ISOC takes not a penny out of the IETF, but it does contribute substantially. > I better understand why Berner-Lee hopes the web will be saved from money makers. > Time to move to public domain? > Moving to the public domain would not reduce the cost of producing the RFC series, nor would it reduce the cost of IETF meetings, and that is what the money is mostly used for. Regards Marshall > Portzamparc > > 2010/11/17 Russ Housley <housley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > I thought that the IETF community would be interested in this information. > > Russ > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ISOC] Board of Trustees Meeting Output > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:05:22 -0500 > From: Donna McCague <mccague@xxxxxxxx> > To: <isoc-members-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Dear Colleagues, > > The Internet Society Board of Trustees met this weekend in Beijing, > immediately following the 79th IETF meeting. We wanted to update you on > a couple of key elements following the meeting: > > Firstly, a key agenda item was to determine whether to support the > planned donation in 2011 of 1Million USD to W3C as outlined in a > resolution passed last December. The board reviewed the W3C's progress > against expectations and passed the new resolution unanimously. The > donation, the second installment of the Internet Society's 2009 pledge > of 2.5M USD over three years, will continue to support the evolution of > W3C as an organization that creates open Web standards in addition to > the creation of a light-weight headquarters. > > There will be a news announcement on this matter in the next 24 hours. > > I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank our Chapters and > membership once more for the great feedback and suggestions we received > via the recent survey. This input to identify the most important focus > areas for our stakeholders is crucial to our business planning process. > > Another key item discussed by the Board was the proposed Internet > Society Business Plan. This is the most detailed and ambitious plan we > have submitted to the Board to date. Feedback has been positive, > particularly around our plans for further empowering our Regional > Bureaus, providing greater support for our Chapters and Members, and > pursuing new opportunities to advance the work and awareness of the IETF > in emerging countries. We continue to strengthen our efforts to identify > new revenue producing streams in line with the guidance of the Board. We > fully expect final approval of the plan in the next 30 days. > > We very much encourage ongoing feedback from our stakeholders on the > draft Business Plan. Please send any comments or suggestions you have to > businessplan@xxxxxxxxx > > It is also worth highlighting the significance of the location of the > Board meeting in Beijing - the IETF held a historic first event in China > following a steady increase in the participation of Chinese engineers > over the last few years. During the course of the event, the Internet > Society was also able to build on its longstanding relationship with the > Internet Society of China. Not only did several Internet Society > representatives participate in a day long Innovation Forum organised by > ISC, but the Internet Society of China also participated in the IETF > press conference alongside representatives from the other sponsors of > this 79th event - Tsinghua University and China Internet Network > Information Center (CINIC). > > Best regards, > > Donna > > Donna McCague > Organization Membership Coordinator > mccague@xxxxxxxx > Internet Society > + 1 703 439-2130/direct > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf