IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall Committees
RFC 8713
Document | Type | RFC - Best Current Practice (February 2020; No errata) | |
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Authors | Murray Kucherawy , Bob Hinden , Jason Livingood | ||
Last updated | 2020-02-27 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Jon Peterson | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2019-05-31) | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 8713 (Best Current Practice) | |
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Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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Responsible AD | Alissa Cooper | ||
Send notices to | Jon Peterson <jon.peterson@team.neustar> | ||
IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - No Actions Needed | |
IANA action state | No IANA Actions |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Kucherawy, Ed. Request for Comments: 8713 BCP: 10 R. Hinden, Ed. Obsoletes: 7437, 8318 Check Point Software Category: Best Current Practice J. Livingood, Ed. ISSN: 2070-1721 Comcast February 2020 IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall Committees Abstract The process by which the members of the IAB and IESG, some Trustees of the IETF Trust, and some Directors of the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) are selected, confirmed, and recalled is specified in this document. This document is based on RFC 7437. Only those updates required to reflect the changes introduced by IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) 2.0 have been included. Any other changes will be addressed in future documents. This document obsoletes RFC 7437 and RFC 8318. 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 7841. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8713. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. General 3.1. Completion Due 3.2. Nominating Committee Principal Functions 3.3. Positions to Be Reviewed 3.4. Term Lengths 3.5. Mid-term Vacancies 3.6. Confidentiality 3.7. Advice and Consent Model 3.7.1. Positions to Be Reviewed 3.7.2. Candidate Selection 3.7.3. Candidate Review 3.7.4. Confirmation 3.8. Sitting Members, Directors, and Trustees 3.9. Announcements 4. Nominating Committee Selection 4.1. Timeline 4.2. Term 4.3. Structure 4.4. Chair Duties 4.5. Chair Selection 4.6. Temporary Chair 4.7. Liaisons 4.8. Liaison Appointment 4.9. Advisors 4.10. Past Chair 4.11. Voting Volunteers 4.12. Milestones 4.13. Open Positions 4.14. Volunteer Qualification 4.15. Not Qualified 4.16. Selection Process 4.17. Announcement of Selection Results 4.18. Committee Organization 5. Nominating Committee Operation 5.1. Discretion 5.2. Selection Timeline 5.3. Confirmation Timeline 5.4. Milestones 5.5. Voting Mechanism 5.6. Voting Quorum 5.7. Voting Member Recall 5.8. Chair Recall 5.9. Deliberations 5.10. Call for Nominees 5.11. Nominations 5.12. Candidate Selection 5.13. Consent to Nomination 5.14. Notifying Confirming Bodies 5.15. Confirming Candidates 5.16. Archives 6. Dispute Resolution Process 7. Member, Trustee, and Director Recall 7.1. Petition 7.1.1. Community Petition 7.1.2. Ombudsteam Petition 7.2. Recall Committee Chair 7.3. Recall Committee Creation 7.4. Recall Committee Rules 7.5. Recall Committee Operation 7.6. 3/4 Majority 7.7. Position to Be Filled 8. IANA Considerations 9. Security Considerations 10. References 10.1. Normative References 10.2. Informative References Appendix A. Changes Since RFC 3777 Appendix B. Changes Since RFC 7437 Appendix C. Oral Tradition Appendix D. Nominating Committee Timeline Acknowledgments Authors' Addresses 1. Introduction This document is a revision of [RFC7437] that updates it to be consistent with the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) 2.0 changes. RFC 7437 was based on [RFC3777] that consolidated and updated other RFCs that updated that document into a single specification. The result is a complete specification of the processShow full document text