Re: [tlp-interest] Results of 2022 Consultation on IETF Trust Restructuring

Will we need any updates to RFC 8714? In particular there is a specific description of the Trust at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8714.html#name-ietf-trust that refers to its current structure, not to its future structure.

Regards
    Brian Carpenter

On 21-Jul-22 04:57, Deen, Glenn (NBCUniversal) wrote:
> The IETF Trust conducted a community consultation on restructuring of the IETF Trust from a Virginia Common Trust to a not for profit corporation registered in Delaware.
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> The IETF Trust published a web page[1] holding materials explaining the motivation, the current IETF Trust Agreement which the Trust operates under, and the proposed bylaws of the new corporation which are based directly on the current Trust Agreement.
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> The Trustees used the TLP-INTEREST[2]  Mailing list to collect feedback and questions on the proposed restructuring.
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> The Trustees also presented on the restructuring at the IETF113 Plenary[3], the March 2022 ISOC Board of Trustees meeting, and held on May 23, 2022 an informational Q&A webinar[4].  The recordings of the webinar and IETF plenary are available on YouTube [3][4].
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> The IETF Trust serves several communities, and we received engagement from many interested parties including IETF community members, the IETF LLC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) community including ARIN, and ICANN.
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> Based on the feedback received during the consultation the IETF Trustees have concluded that the Trust will proceed with the proposed restructuring to a not for profit Delaware corporation.
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> During the consultation, the IETF LLC asked the Trustees to consider expanding the restructuring scope to include moving the functions of the IETF Trust into the IETF Administrative LLC.  The Trustees have discussed this suggestion and do not believe that it is an appropriate change to make.  Replacing the currently independent IETF Trust with  the IETF LLC, and by association ISOC, would fundamentally alter the proposed restructuring and would greatly expand the scope to include the complex set of issues surrounding the role of the IETF Trust and the assets it manages.
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> The IETF Trust will move forward with the restructuring plan with the next phases to be formally filing the articles of incorporation for the new corporation, applying for IRS 501(c)3 non-profit status, and once obtained conduct the process of transferring the Trust’s current assets, agreements, and licenses to the new not-for-profit corporation.  This is expected to run through 2023. The Trustees will provide updates to the community as the restructuring proceeds.
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> Thank you to the many people and organizations that participated in this consultation.
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> IETF Trustees:
>       Glenn Deen (Chair)
>       Kathleen Moriarity (Treasurer)
>       John Levine,
>       Stephan Wenger
>       Joel Halpern
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> [1] https://trustee.ietf.org/about/community-consultation-on-restructuring-the-ietf-trust/ <https://trustee.ietf.org/about/community-consultation-on-restructuring-the-ietf-trust/>
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> [2] TLP-Interest Archive: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tlp-interest/ <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tlp-interest/>
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> [3] IETF 113 Plenary Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviSgV27ULM&t=2940s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviSgV27ULM&t=3123s>
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> [4] May 23 Webinar Recording: https://youtu.be/wzJbLnjq_fk <https://youtu.be/wzJbLnjq_fk>
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