IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the IETF Trust
RFC 8715
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Arkko
Request for Comments: 8715 Ericsson
Category: Informational February 2020
ISSN: 2070-1721
IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Update to the Process for
Selection of Trustees for the IETF Trust
Abstract
This document captures the rationale for the changes introduced in
RFC 8714, "Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the
IETF Trust".
At the time RFC 8714 was published, the changes to the IETF
Administrative Support Activity, Version 2.0 (IASA 2.0) had an impact
on the IETF Trust because members of the IETF Administrative
Oversight Committee (IAOC), which was being phased out, had served as
Trustees of the IETF Trust. This document provides background on the
past IETF Trust arrangements, explains the effect of the rules in the
founding documents during the transition to the new arrangement, and
provides a rationale for the update.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. General Approach
4. Changing the Way Trustees Are Selected
5. Transition
6. Security Considerations
7. IANA Considerations
8. References
8.1. Normative References
8.2. Informative References
Acknowledgements
Author's Address
1. Introduction
This document captures the rationale for the changes introduced in
[RFC8714].
At the time [RFC8714] was published, the changes to the IETF
Administrative Support Activity, Version 2.0 (IASA 2.0) had an impact
on the IETF Trust [RFC4071] [RFC4371] [RFC8711]. This is because
members of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), which
was being phased out, had served as Trustees of the IETF Trust. A
minimal change regarding the selection of the Trustees is implemented
by [RFC8714].
This companion memo provides some background on the details of the
past IETF Trust arrangements, explains the effect of the rules in the
founding documents during the transition to the new arrangement, and
provides a rationale for the update.
2. Background
The purpose of the IETF Trust is to acquire, hold, maintain, and
license certain existing and future intellectual property and other
property used in connection with the administration of the IETF
[RFC8714]. The intellectual property is, for instance, rights that
the IETF contributors grant for text in RFCs and Internet-Drafts.
The IETF Trust also manages trademarks such as "IETF" and domain
names such as "ietf.org". The IETF Trust is also serving the broader
Internet community by holding domains and trademarks associated with
the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [RFC7979].
The IETF Trust is a legal entity, registered in the Commonwealth of
Virginia [Trust-FD].
Previously, the members of the IAOC also served as ex officio
Trustees of the IETF Trust. The founding documents specify persons
eligible to become Trustees as having to be then-current members of
the IAOC [Trust-FD]. The documents also specify that if for any
reason there are fewer than three individuals serving as Trustees,
then the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), or the IESG's
successor as the leadership of the IETF, shall appoint one or more
individuals to serve in a temporary capacity as Trustee(s) until
eligible persons can be found.
In the previous system, there were eight voting members of the IAOC.
Two were named by the IETF Nominating Committee (NomCom), one by the
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