IAB, IESG, and IAOC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
RFC 7437
| Document | Type |
RFC - Best Current Practice
(January 2015; No errata)
Updated by RFC 7776
Was draft-kucherawy-rfc3777bis (individual in gen area)
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | Barry Leiba | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2014-10-21) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7437 (Best Current Practice) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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| Responsible AD | Barry Leiba | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IC | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Kucherawy, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7437 January 2015
BCP: 10
Obsoletes: 3777, 5078, 5633, 5680, 6859
Category: Best Current Practice
ISSN: 2070-1721
IAB, IESG, and IAOC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process:
Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
Abstract
The process by which the members of the IAB and IESG, and some
members of the IAOC, are selected, confirmed, and recalled is
specified in this document. This document is a self-consistent,
organized compilation of the process as it was known at the time of
publication of RFC 3777, with various updates since that version was
published.
Status of This Memo
This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
BCPs is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7437.
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RFC 7437 NomCom January 2015
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Completion Due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Nominating Committee Principal Functions . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Positions To Be Reviewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Term Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.5. Mid-term Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.6. Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.7. Advice and Consent Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.8. Sitting Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.9. Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4. Nominating Committee Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1. Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2. Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3. Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.4. Chair Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.5. Chair Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.6. Temporary Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.7. Liaisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.8. Liaison Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.9. Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.10. Past Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.11. Voting Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.12. Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.13. Open Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.14. Volunteer Qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.15. Not Qualified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.16. Selection Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.17. Announcement of Selection Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.18. Committee Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Nominating Committee Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.1. Discretion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.2. Selection Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.3. Confirmation Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.4. Milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.5. Voting Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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