On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:08 AM, SM wrote: > At 14:54 11-02-2013, The IAOC wrote: >> Please let us know ahead of time if you have specific questions you would like >> to see discussed. > > The latest minutes posted by the IAB is dated January 9, 2013. The latest minutes posted by the IESG is dated January 24, 2013. The latest minutes posted by the IETF Trust is dated November 12, 2012. The latest minutes posted by the IAOC is dated November 7, 2012. The IAOC approved the 29 November and 13 December minutes on 31 January. They are now posted. The approval was delayed somewhat due to the holidays. Minutes are reviewed on the IAOC list and occasionally take a bit longer to achieve consensus. The minutes for 17 and 31 January were approved on 14 February and are also now posted. There haven't been any trust meetings, except one on 13 December 2012 for the sole purpose of approving the minutes of 7 November, which have been posted. > > The IETF Trust stated previously that the "Trustees are fully in agreement with this requirement for openness, transparency, and accountability, and are making a conscious effort to increase their reporting and community interaction". I leave it to the reader to assess the results of that effort. > > There were more than three financial statements posted yearly by the IAOC in 2009 and 2010. There are only three yearly after 2010. The 2012 Financial Statements are current through November. December closes the year and will be reviewed by the Budget Committee on 26 February, the IAOC on the 28th and thereafter posted. The December financial statement is always delayed while the Internet Society closes its books on the year. > > According to a RFP posted in May 2012 "Any Agreement negotiated with a Vendor, excluding cost, will be made public after execution". I don't see the agreement at http://iaoc.ietf.org/contracts.html The latest contract for the Secretariat is dated 2006. These should have been on the web site, and will be corrected as soon as possible after Orlando. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. In an effort to make it easier to find information we are working on an update to the IAOC and Trust websites that will improve their organization. Ray > During a past IETF meeting someone mentioned that "BCP 101 does not specify this [transparency requirements] level of detail". From Section 7 of BCP 101: > > "Transparency: The IETF community shall have complete visibility into > the financial and legal structure of the ISOC activities that are > related to, but not part of, the IASA standards support activity. > In particular, a detailed budget for the entire related ISOC > activity, quarterly financial reports, and audited annual > financial reports shall all be available to the IETF community. > In addition, key contract material and MOUs shall also be publicly > available, subject to any reasonable confidentiality obligations > approved by the IAOC." > > According to the IAOC: > > "The month's financial statement will be posted within 30 days of the > end of the month." > > "Minutes of IAOC meetings shall be published following their adoption > by the IAOC, and in any event not later than 30 days after the meeting." > > "The IAD shall provide an Operations Report to the IAOC monthly, and to > the ISOC Board as required; all such reports shall be published online. > The report shall provide an update on the Budget, the performance of all > contractors, and other relevant information as shall be decided." > > "Non-confidential agreements shall be posted upon execution. Public > agreements include ICANN/IANA MoUs and SLAs." > > "When a contract contains confidential information, that information > shall be summarized if possible to protect its confidentiality, or if not, > extracted. The balance of the contract shall be published on the IASA > website within 14 days of execution." > > I do not have any specific questions. > > Regards, > -sm