Boston Working Group

[Karl Auerbach <karl@cavebear.com>]

A group of IFWP participants gathered at an open meeting on the weekend of
September 19 and 20th, 1998 to see whether it was possible to reconcile
the NSI/IANA draft with the IFWP consensus points.

We believe that we succeeded.

For the results, see http://www.cavebear.com/bwg/

Summary of Changes

- Added Preamble and statement of purpose. 

- Removed text that established the purpose of the corporation to be
  solely for "lessening the burdens of government".

- Mandated that the Initial board create a membership structure, without
  exception. 

- Defined "fundamental" assets expected to be received from the US and added
  constraints upon what the corporation can do with those assets. 

- Removed President from the Board of Directors. 

- Re-cast Supporting Organizations to be essentially permanent advisory
  committees with very strong role in initiating and defining corporation
  policies. 

- Eliminated Supporting Organizations' ability to appoint Directors to
  either the Initial or the final Board. 

- Clarified that individuals may be members of Supporting Organizations. 

- Added on-the-record, roll-call voting on matters before the Board. 

- Added additional public access. 

- Broadened rights to Board Reconsideration. 

- Eliminated special and unique recognition of contracts between the US and
  NSI and between the US and University of Southern California. 

- Added a more robust business planning and cost-recovery model. 

- Required that conflict-of-interest statements be made public subject to
  reasonable privacy limitations. 

- Required that conflict-of-interest provisions be applied to officers as
  well as to members of the Board. 

- Recommended the reduction in the number of officers to the legal minimum. 

- Other minor matters of clarification of language and structure.