Re: STRAW PROPOSAL RFC Editor charter

[Brian E Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>]

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> Carl,
>
> my impression as a bystander is that the IETF has decided that sole 
> source contracts (where only one contractor is permitted to bid) are, in 
> general, a Bad Idea.
>
> The Secretariat contract had very special circumstances, which caused it 
> to be sole sourced, but I interpreted the words from Leslie's timeline:
>
> May 7 2006[IASA]
>     Request for Vendor Expressions of Interest
>
> to mean a public request, where more than one organization is welcome to 
> show interest.
>
> Continuity has value, but I think it is up to the IASA to determine how 
> continuity is weighted against other factors.
>
>         Harald (who has only public knowledge at this point)

There isn't much secret knowledge... but as an IAOC member,
I feel we've been told by the community to seek multiple proposals
when possible and appropriate, and in any case to be as transparent
as possible in the process.

   Brian

> --On torsdag, mars 16, 2006 18:16:22 -0800 Carl Malamud <carl at media.org> 
> wrote:
>
> > > Carl -- did you get the other message (the one with
> > > the timeline)?
> >
> >
> > Yes, I did.  Not having been party to the discussions, I'm
> > not quite sure what is going on.  We did a sole source
> > re-assignment of the IETF secretariat.  As I said in my
> > note, I'm curious about:
> >
> > 1. the opinion from the RFC-Editor about this, in particular
> > the charter.
> > 2. what the IAB/IAOC is thinking ... this could be a sole
> > source reassignment or a simple renewal.
> >
> > I appreciate that a lot of thought obviously went into
> > preparing your two notes, I'd just like to hear some of
> > the background.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Carl
> >
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