Re: Extended: Consultation on IETF LLC Draft Strategic Plan 2020

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hello,
At 04:37 AM 13-05-2020, Stephen Farrell wrote:
>Strongly disagree. The LLC will handle the money. I think
>it is entirely necessary to constantly document our goal
>that despite holding the purse-strings, the LLC does not
>call the shots, as that is an extremely peculiar setup.
>We need to call that out for readers who might not know
>it, and also keep reminding ourselves too.

The point which Stephen raised was discussed during the work which 
led to the setup of a LLC.  It was argued that the IETF should not be 
concerned about putting in safeguards to prevent that as it is the 
type of issue which would not be a problem for the IETF as it is 
different from every other organization in the world.

I understand that it is better to make one-sided arguments to win an 
argument.  However, I am not enthusiastic about winning 
arguments.  Ihe LLC Executive Director made some good points, e.g. it 
would be difficult to sell the product as it is not clear what the product is.

I would like to thank the LLC for its responsiveness.  There are some 
points on which I disagree, e.g. using a different approach to send a 
memorandum to the IETF community.  The approach for this consultation 
comes out as driving the draft through with the LLC deciding about, 
for example, IAB values, objectives, etc.  My experience of 
disagreeing with Stephen is that does not work well.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy