Return-Path: X-Original-To: ietf-announce@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: ietf-announce@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A352C12AF83 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:04:06 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.899 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.899 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id HKU6KnozX1_8 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:04:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from vivaldi.local (c-73-163-96-91.hsd1.dc.comcast.net [73.163.96.91]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 03ECA12D84C for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:03:41 -0800 (PST) To: ietf-announce@ietf.org From: Portia Wenze-Danley Subject: New Legal Counsels Engagement Agreement Awarded by IAOC Message-ID: <257b0534-51e0-dfc2-1b6c-678c855187a7@ietf.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:03:40 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------AF024D676C882358508EB0C1" Content-Language: en-US Archived-At: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:08:18 -0800 X-BeenThere: ietf-announce@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "IETF announcement list. No discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:04:06 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AF024D676C882358508EB0C1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At the request of the IAOC, the Internet Society issued an RFP on 6 September 2017 to engage new legal counsel to replace Jorge Contreras who was set to retire effective 31 December, 2017. On 14 December 2017 the IAOC requested ISOC to negotiate an agreement with Biddle Law PC and Thompson Hine LLC to perform legal consulting responsibilities. On 1 January, 2018 the IAOC engaged Brad Biddle and David Wilson of Thompson Hine LLP to serve as IETF's new legal counsel.  Brad and David will work with the legal committee and Portia Wenze-Danley will serve as their immediate contact. Brad Biddle, based in Portland OR, has many years of of experience working with computer standards organizations, and was formerly Standards Counsel for Intel. David Wilson of Thomson Hine, based in Washington DC is an experienced lawyer whose firm has been providing legal services to the IETF for many years. Thanks. Portia Wenze-Danley IIAD --------------AF024D676C882358508EB0C1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit At the request of the IAOC, the Internet Society issued an RFP on 6
September 2017 to engage new legal counsel to replace
Jorge Contreras who was set to retire effective 31 December, 2017. 

On 14 December 2017 the IAOC requested ISOC to negotiate an agreement
with Biddle Law PC and Thompson Hine LLC to perform legal consulting
responsibilities.

On 1 January, 2018 the IAOC engaged Brad Biddle and David Wilson of Thompson
Hine LLP to serve as IETF's new legal counsel.  Brad and David will work
with the legal committee and Portia Wenze-Danley will serve as their immediate
contact.

Brad Biddle, based in Portland OR, has many years of of experience working with
computer standards organizations, and was formerly Standards Counsel for Intel. 
David Wilson of Thomson Hine, based in Washington DC is an experienced lawyer
whose firm has been providing legal services to the IETF for many years.

Thanks.

Portia Wenze-Danley
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