Internet DRAFT - draft-iesg-nomcom-eligibility-2020
draft-iesg-nomcom-eligibility-2020
Network Working Group B. Leiba
Internet-Draft FutureWei Technologies
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Eligibility for the 2020-2021 Nominating Committee
draft-iesg-nomcom-eligibility-2020-03
Abstract
The 2020-2021 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is to be formed between
IETF 107 and IETF 108, and the issue of eligibility of who can serve
on that NomCom needs clarification. This document provides a one-
time interpretation of the eligibility rules that is required for the
exceptional situation of the cancellation of the in-person IETF 107
meeting. This document only affects the seating of the 2020-2021
NomCom and any rules or processes that relate to NomCom eligibility
before IETF 108, and does not set a precedent for the future.
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1. Introduction
The COVID-19 outbreak, which at the time of this writing has been
declared a global pandemic [PANDEMIC], has resulted in the
cancellation of the in-person IETF 107 meeting [CANCEL107], resulting
in its conversion to a limited-agenda virtual meeting, with remote
participation only [VIRTUAL107].
The 2020-2021 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is to be formed between
IETF 107 and IETF 108, and the issue of eligibility of who can serve
on that NomCom needs clarification: a one-time interpretation of the
eligibility rules is required for this particular exceptional
situation. That interpretation will apply to the seating of that
NomCom and to any rules or processes that relate to NomCom
eligibility before the scheduled time for IETF 108.
[[CREF1: RFC Editor: Please remove this paragraph.]] This document
will be part of BCP 10 when it is published.
2. Background
Section 4.14 of BCP 10 [RFC8713] includes these requirements for
eligibility:
Members of the IETF community must have attended at least three of
the last five IETF meetings in order to volunteer.
The five meetings are the five most recent meetings that ended
prior to the date on which the solicitation for NomCom volunteers
was submitted for distribution to the IETF community.
On 13 March a message was posted to the IETF discussion list
[SOLICITINPUT], suggesting two possible interpretations and asking
for community input that might include suggesting other
interpretations. Discussion over the subsequent two weeks centered
around three:
1. Do not count IETF 107 at all, for the purpose of NomCom
eligibility, as BCP 10 clearly refers to in-person meetings only.
NomCom eligibility would, therefore, be based on attendance at
IETFs 102 through 106.
2. Do not have anyone lose eligibility because of IETF 107, but do
count someone as having attended 107, for the purpose of NomCom
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eligibility, if that person attended the IETF 107 virtual meeting
(signed the electronic blue sheet). People could thus gain
eligibility from IETF 107, but could not lose eligibility from
it, and eligibility would be based on attendance at IETFs 102
through 107.
3. Count virtual attendance at IETF 107 and consider IETF 107 as one
of the last five meetings, so that NomCom eligibility would be
based on attendance at IETFs 103 through 107.
In judging rough consensus the IESG has considered the arguments and
levels of support in favor of and against each option. The arguments
largely involved issues of fairness to newer participants, acceptance
of more participants in the volunteer pool, and greatest adherence to
the spirit of the rules defined in BCP 10, which is the community-
consensus basis we are working from.
On 25 March a message was posted to the IETF discussion list
[COMMENTDEADLINE], asking for final comments by 30 April. This
documents the outcome of that discussion with the choice of
interpretation 1, above.
3. Eligibility for the 2020-2021 Nominating Committee
The following text modifies, for the 2020-2021 NomCom cycle only, the
first two paragraphs (quoted above) of Section 4.14 of BCP 10
[RFC8713]:
Members of the IETF community must have attended at least three of
the last five in-person IETF meetings in order to volunteer.
The five meetings are the five most recent in-person meetings that
ended prior to the date on which the solicitation for NomCom
volunteers was submitted for distribution to the IETF community.
Because no IETF 107 in-person meeting was held, for the 2020-2021
Nominating Committee those five meetings are IETFs 102, 103, 104,
105, and 106.
This update is an emergency interpretation of the intent of BCP 10
for this current exceptional situation only, and applies only to the
2020-2021 NomCom, which is expected to be seated prior to IETF 108,
and to any rules or processes that relate to NomCom eligibility
before IETF 108. It will explicitly not apply to any future NomCom
and does not set precedent: an update to BCP 10 will be necessary to
address future eligibility, as there will be time for proper
community work on such an update (see [ELIGIBILITYDISCUSS]). That
update could change any part of the BCP 10 process, including
anything specified in this document.
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4. IANA Considerations
There are no IANA considerations for this document.
5. Security Considerations
This document is purely procedural, and there are no related security
considerations.
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[RFC8713] Kucherawy, M., Ed., Hinden, R., Ed., and J. Livingood,
Ed., "IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection,
Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF
Nominating and Recall Committees", BCP 10, RFC 8713,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8713, February 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8713>.
6.2. Informative References
[CANCEL107]
The IESG and the IRTF Chair, "IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person
Meeting Cancelled", March 2020.
Email to the IETF announcement list:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/
XenAlx4Nw6Jmg69QpXRUOwbzsXY/
[COMMENTDEADLINE]
The IESG, "NomCom eligibility & IETF 107", March 2020.
Email to the IETF discussion list:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/
cc3rdjSTz8Vrzps8Ci6fi-VIDq8/
[ELIGIBILITYDISCUSS]
IETF, "Mailing list to discuss revision to IETF
eligibility procedures", April 2020.
Mailing list: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/
eligibility-discuss
[PANDEMIC]
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, T., "WHO Director-General's opening
remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19", March 2020.
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https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-
general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-
19---11-march-2020
[SOLICITINPUT]
The IESG, "NomCom eligibility & IETF 107", March 2020.
Email to the IETF discussion list:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/
uBt8FeKeN4CRl7YTDMoy6m8leS0/
[VIRTUAL107]
IETF Secretariat, "Important Information for IETF 107
Virtual", March 2020.
Email to the IETF announcement list:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/
cVDlJ4fVJIkfakBysTfsFchERCs/
Author's Address
Barry Leiba
FutureWei Technologies
Phone: +1 914 433 2749
Email: barryleiba@computer.org
URI: http://internetmessagingtechnology.org/
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