Re: [Iasa20] Memo exploring options for IASA 2.0 models

[Brian Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 15/02/2018 14:59, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Brian (and Stephen too):
> 
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 02:25:30PM +1300, Brian Carpenter wrote:
>> I'm with Stephen, setting up a new org of any kind is unnecessary
>> and costly (in many ways). But absolutely certainly if we did go that
>> way, setting it upoutside US jurisdiction must be considered and is probably
>> preferable. Switzerland or the Netherlands are two obvious choices, but
>> of course the field is broad.
> 
> Does this include Joe's cases (2) and (3) as "new org of any kind"?
> Because I seem to recall that this makes things inordinately
> complicated (I recall this from when we investigated it as part of the
> ICANN/IANA changes).

IANAL, and I'm certainly not an international tax and corporate structure
lawyer. So while I believe it would be complicated, I don't know how much so.
(ISOC already has an office in Switzerland, of course.)

But given the international scope of the IETF, it would seem like an essential
part of due diligence to consider other jurisdictions than the US.

    Brian

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> A
>