| Network Working Group | B. Leiba |
| Internet-Draft | Huawei Technologies |
| Updates: 3777 (if approved) | September 14, 2012 |
| Intended status: Best Current Practice | |
| Expires: March 16, 2013 |
Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership
draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-03
RFC 3777 specifies that "sitting members" of the IAB and IESG "may not volunteer to serve on the nominating commitee". Since that document was written the IAOC was formed, and that body is not covered by RFC 3777. There is also uncertainty about whether ex-officio members and liaisons are included as "sitting members". This document clarifies those situations.
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The "Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees" document [RFC3777] defines the nominating committee process. One of the key points in the process and in the selection of the nominating committee is that the IETF wants to avoid having its top leadership be self-selecting: the leaders should not be the ones who choose the leaders. The selection of the nominating committee, therefore, excludes those individuals who are in top leadership positions currently.
That said, it would be bad to eliminate people who have the experience necessary to understand of the IETF process: those individuals can bring a broader perspective to the nominating committee and will help ensure that the people it selects for the leadership positions are better prepared to fulfill the roles.
RFC 3777 specifies that "sitting members" of the IAB and IESG "may not volunteer to serve on the nominating committee". Since that document was written the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) was formed, and that body is not covered by RFC 3777. There is also uncertainty about whether ex-officio members liaisons, and such are included as "sitting members". This document clarifies those situations, with the understanding that the intent of RFC 3777 was to exclude those currently in IETF leadership positions from voting on the selection of the new leadership.
In order to allow the largest reasonable list of potential nominating committee members, we do not want to exclude those at lower levels of IETF leadership. In particular, this document does not exclude participation from working group chairs, IRTF research group chairs, members of directorates and special review teams, and members of other advisory bodies.
The following paragraph replaces RFC 3777, Section 4, paragraph 15 in its entirety.
15. Members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees and sitting members of the IAB, the IESG, and the IAOC, including members in ex-officio positions, may not volunteer to serve as voting members of the nominating committee. Liaisons to these bodies from other bodies or organizations are not excluded by this rule.
This is a procedural document, and is entirely unrelated to security.
No IANA actions are requested by this document, and the RFC Editor is asked to remove this section before publication.
| [RFC3777] | Galvin, J., "IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees", BCP 10, RFC 3777, June 2004. |