Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)
RFC 4071
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Network Working Group R. Austein, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4071 ISC
BCP: 101 B. Wijnen, Ed.
Category: Best Current Practice Lucent Technologies
April 2005
Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005).
Abstract
This document describes the structure of the IETF Administrative
Support Activity (IASA) as an activity housed within the Internet
Society (ISOC). It defines the roles and responsibilities of the
IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), the IETF
Administrative Director (IAD), and ISOC in the fiscal and
administrative support of the IETF standards process. It also
defines the membership and selection rules for the IAOC.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Definitions and Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Alphabet Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. Principles of the IASA, IETF, and ISOC Relationship . . 4
2.3. Community Consensus and Grant of Authority . . . . . . . 5
2.4. Termination and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5. Effective Date for Commencement of IASA . . . . . . . . 5
3. Structure of the IASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. IAD Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. IAOC Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3. Relationship of the IAOC to Existing IETF Leadership . . 10
3.4. IAOC Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.5. Review and Appeal of IAD and IAOC Decision . . . . . . . 10
4. IAOC Membership, Selection and Accountability . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. Initial IAOC Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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5. IASA Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.1. Cost Center Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2. IETF Meeting Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.3. Designated Donations, Monetary and In-Kind . . . . . . . 14
5.4. Other ISOC Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.5. IASA Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.6. Operating Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. IASA Budget Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. ISOC Responsibilities for IASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1. Introduction
This document describes the structure of the IETF Administrative
Support Activity (IASA) as an activity housed within the Internet
Society (ISOC). It defines the roles and responsibilities of the
IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), the IETF
Administrative Director (IAD), and ISOC in the fiscal and
administrative support of the IETF standards process. It also
defines the membership and selection rules for the IAOC.
The IETF undertakes its technical activities as an ongoing, open,
consensus-based process. This document defines an administrative
support structure intended to be responsive to the administrative
needs of the IETF technical community, and it describes how that
support structure fits under ISOC's organizational umbrella. This
document does not affect the ISOC-IETF working relationship as it
relates to standards development or the communication of technical
advice relevant to the policy and educational goals of ISOC.
The IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) provides the
administrative structure required to support the IETF standards
process and to support the IETF's technical activities. As of the
time at which this document was written, this included the work of
IETF working groups, the IESG, the IAB, and the IRTF. Should the
IETF standards process at some future date come to include other
technical activities, the IAOC is responsible for developing plans to
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