>> could you be more specific? i.e. bring staff 'in' in the sense of >> the current isoc/ietf iad relationship? > We will be hiring someone. who is the we? isoc, the ietf, or some other body? sorry to be opaque myself. is the ietf leaving all the logistics, administrivia, and the money on the other side of the river, or is it going to form an administration which employs folk? randy