Re: first steps (was The other parts of the report...)

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[e-mail]>]

--On lørdag, september 11, 2004 17:06:53 -0400 scott bradner 
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> imo it would least disruptive to follow option #3 (combo path)
> and try to negotiate a sole source contract with Foretec/CNRI for
> what Carl called the clerk function and maybe some other functions
> (imo it would be better to outsorce the management of the mailing
> lists and their archives to a company in that business)


One thing that worries me about the "piecemeal" approach with some 
functions under sole source is that for a long time we've been operating 
with all functions in one body (except for RFC Editor and IANA). There are 
some economies of scale with integrating those functions.

If we follow the combo path, we also commit ourselves to breaking the 
function into multiple pieces - which may discriminate against a solution 
where other suppliers of services may be able to do "the whole thing" more 
effectively than they can do parts of it.

How much is this a problem?


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