Re: ISOC Trustees

"Vinton G. Cerf" <vcerf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Fri, 13 November 1992 13:02 UTC

To: Bob Stewart <rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com>
cc: poised@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
Subject: Re: ISOC Trustees
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 12 Nov 92 10:09:56 EST." <9211121509.AA20397@xap.xyplex.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:02:11 -0500
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From: "Vinton G. Cerf" <vcerf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
Message-ID: <9211130802.aa02543@IETF.CNRI.Reston.VA.US>

Bob,

The proposals by Carl and Steve do not put the ISOC trustees in the
role of approving technical standards - that role lies with the
Technical Board (apologies if I am not getting the terms exactly
right). Even in the present arrangement in which the IAB functions
as the approving authority, the Trustees do not involve themselve
in these decisions. So there is no rubber stamp role of the kind your
message implied, as far as I can see, nor does there need to be one.

What is needed, in my view, is an organizatonal home for the work
of the IETF - both to give it a corporate, legal framework, and also
to provide financial and organizational support for the standards
work (among many other things - see earlier messages).

Vint

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