On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Chris Griffiths <cgriffiths@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > IETF Community, > > The IETF Trust Trustees would like feedback from the community on several issues: > - We have received requests that we cannot accommodate and have consulted legal counsel to review our options > - The trust agreement does not allow the trustees to effectively manage some trust assets From this mail it is not clear what type of feedback you are looking for. I like your direct question from the slide deck better. There you asked: > Does the community feel these are reasonable reasons to update the trust agreement? The answer to that question is: yes. It seems reasonable to open up the agreement in order to fulfill its purpose in reasonable, effective, and pragmatic ways. I would expect the trust to come back with a proposal once there seems to be consensus that the the agreement should be opened. My requirement would be that that proposal reflects that the Trust will deal with the assets in a way that is sensible and serves community needs. Best, and thanks, --Olaf PS. As an aside, something that might be helpful for other readers of this thread: The word agreement in "Trust Agreement" might be confusing to the community, but I think that it is important to point out that the agreement can, since July 1, 2010, be modified unilaterally by the trust (see 10.1 for details and boundary conditions). So except the due diligence that is needed to reflect the communities requirements there is no further negotiation needed with the Settlers.
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