Re: [Ianaplan] Consensus Re: Consensus? Question from the ICG

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 20/02/2015 06:32, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 2/19/2015 8:03 AM, Leslie Daigle (ThinkingCat) wrote:
>>
>> I have heard some concerns from Jefsey about the scope of "IETF Trust"
>> versus the Internet community, and one person observed, out of band,
>> that the last bullet reads properly if it says "on behalf" instead of
>> "in behalf".
> 
> 
> (I'd wondered about on vs. in, too.)
> 
> 
> The question of scope for the representation being provided is fair and
> important.  From the context of the ICG consideration -- as opposed to
> the context of our IETF discussion here -- it seems clear that this
> topic really does concern the "Internet" community and not just the
> "IETF" community.
> 
> So, indeed, any role of the IETF Trust with these names is on behalf of
> the (general) Internet community.

IANAL, but the formal beneficiary of the IETF Trust is the IETF. It's for
the Trust to ask its own counsel whether this matters.

That doesn't affect what this WG says, though.

    Brian