--On Thursday, December 6, 2018 14:25 -0800 Bob Hinden
<bob.hinden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>...
>> This retreat's agenda is out of the ordinary with its heavy
>> legal and finance focus, whereas regular IETF LLC Board
>> meetings won't be as loaded with this material and will
>> follow the structure of having the majority of the meeting
>> open to observers and a smaller executive session on an as
>> needed basis to deal with personnel, legal, and financial
>> discussions.
>
> I am not sure I understand why the board discussing financial
> and legal matters all need to be in closed session. Other
> than topics like contract negotiations, personal compensation,
> operational legal issues, etc. But I didn't see anything
> like that in the agenda. Much of the agenda appears to be
> about transition, process, policies, procedures, etc.
In addition, I note that the Nomcom has not yet filled the
positions so the Board is either shorthanded or operating with
at least some people who were appointed under the criteria for
the IAOC rather than those for the LLC Board. Because decisions
about financial and legal matters, and even contract
negotiations, etc., tend to be irreversible (at least at any
reasonable level of cost and trouble). I wonder about how many
of those issues absolutely have to be addressed now rather than
after the full LLC Board, selected under the new criteria, is
seated.
john
