IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Consolidated Updates to IETF Administrative Terminology
RFC 8717



Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                   J. Klensin, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8717                                 February 2020
BCP: 101                                                                
Updates: 2028, 2418, 3005, 3710, 3929, 4633,                            
         6702                                                           
Category: Best Current Practice                                         
ISSN: 2070-1721

 IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Consolidated Updates to IETF
                       Administrative Terminology

Abstract

   In 2018, the IETF began the transition to a new administrative
   structure and updated its IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)
   to a new "IASA 2.0" structure.  In addition to more substantive
   changes that are described in other documents, the transition to the
   2018 IETF Administrative Support structure changes several position
   titles and organizational relationships that are referenced
   elsewhere.  Rather than reissue those referencing documents
   individually, this specification provides updates to them and
   deprecates some now-obsolete documents to ensure that there is no
   confusion due to these changes.

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,
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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction
   2.  Where Appropriate, Replacement of the IETF Executive Director
           Position with the Managing Director, IETF Secretariat
   3.  Removal of the IETF Executive Director as an Option
   4.  Deprecated Documents
     4.1.  Documents Whose Context Is Changed by This Specification
     4.2.  General Description of the IETF Administrative Model
   5.  Security Considerations
   6.  References
     6.1.  Normative References
     6.2.  Informative References
   Acknowledgments
   Contributors
   Author's Address

1.  Introduction

   In 2018, the IETF began the transition to a new administrative
   structure, and updated its IETF Administrative Support Activity
   (IASA) to a new "IASA 2.0" structure [RFC8711].  Key IASA 2.0 changes
   have been specified in a series of documents, including changes to
   the IETF Trust [RFC8714], the rationale for it [RFC8715], a new
   defining document for the IETF Administration LLC [LLC-Agreement]
   (informally called the "IETF LLC" or just "the LLC" in places in this
   document and elsewhere), and adjustments to the procedures for
   nominations and selections for relevant positions [RFC8713].

   In addition to more substantive changes that are described in those
   and other documents, the IASA 2.0 structure changes several position
   titles and organizational relationships that are referenced in other
   documents.  Rather than reissue those documents individually, this
   document provides a unified update to them.

   This document updates RFCs 2028, 2418, 3005, 3710, 3929, 4633, and
   6702 (citations in context below) to make those terminology and
   related changes.  In addition, with the authorization of the IAB, it
   requests that the Informational RFC 3716 be made Historic (see
   Section 4).  The sections that follow identify the details of the
   relevant documents and the required changes.

2.  Where Appropriate, Replacement of the IETF Executive Director
    Position with the Managing Director, IETF Secretariat

   Under the IASA 2.0 structure, most of the responsibilities of the
   former position of IETF Executive Director have been assigned to a
   new position (or at least title) of Managing Director, IETF
   Secretariat.  An "Executive Director" title is now associated with
   different, and largely new, responsibilities as an officer of the
   IETF Administration LLC.  These changes are covered in the
   description of the new structural arrangements [RFC8711].

   This document applies that change to the following:

   *  RFC 2028, "The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards
      Process", [RFC2028], Section 3.3.

   *  RFC 2418, "IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures",
      [RFC2418], Section 1.

   *  RFC 3710, "An IESG Charter", [RFC3710], Section 2.

   *  RFC 3929, "Alternative Decision Making Processes for Consensus-
      Blocked Decisions in the IETF", [RFC3929], Sections 4.1.1 and 4.3
      (twice).

   *  RFC 4633, "Experiment in Long-Term Suspensions From Internet
      Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mailing Lists", [RFC4633],
      Section 1.

   *  RFC 6702, "Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights
      (IPR) Disclosure Rules", [RFC6702], Section 5.

   Note that the current description of the Internet Standards Process
   [RFC2026] does not require an update by this document for this
   purpose because the reference to the IETF Executive Director in RFC
   2026 was replaced by a document [RFC3979] that precedes the current
   effort, and that document was, in turn, obsoleted by RFC 8179
   [RFC8179].

3.  Removal of the IETF Executive Director as an Option

   In a few cases, it is no longer appropriate for either the Managing
   Director, IETF Secretariat (former IETF Executive Director position)
   or the new IETF Executive Director (for the LLC) to perform a
   particular historical function.  The relevant documents are updated
   to remove the IETF Executive Director from the list of people with
   specific responsibilities or authority.  Those documents will not be
   updated to use "Managing Director, IETF Secretariat" but, instead,
   the mention of the position will simply be dropped.

   This document applies that change to the following:

   *  RFC 3005, "IETF Discussion List Charter" [RFC3005], section titled
      "Charter for the IETF Discussion List".  This document is modified
      to remove the authorization for the IETF Executive Director to
      restrict people from posting, etc.

4.  Deprecated Documents

4.1.  Documents Whose Context Is Changed by This Specification

   Both of the documents that follow were obsoleted in 2017 by RFC 8179
   [RFC8179], which changed mentions of the IETF Executive Director to
   point to the IETF Secretariat more generally.

   *  RFC 3979 [RFC3979]

   *  RFC 4879 [RFC4879]

4.2.  General Description of the IETF Administrative Model

   RFC 3716 [RFC3716] was a report of an IAB Advisory Committee that
   served as a starting point for the work that led to the original IASA
   structure.  That report was an IAB document rather than an IETF one.
   The IAB approved a proposal to move RFC 3716 to Historic on March 6,
   2019 [IAB-3716-Historic].

5.  Security Considerations

   The changes specified in this document are matters of terminology and
   organizational structure derived from documents it references.  It
   should have no effect on Internet security.

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [LLC-Agreement]
              IETF Administration LLC, "Limited Liability Company
              Agreement of IETF Administration LLC", 28 August 2018,
              <https://www.ietf.org/documents/180/IETF-LLC-
              Agreement.pdf>.

   [RFC2028]  Hovey, R. and S. Bradner, "The Organizations Involved in
              the IETF Standards Process", BCP 11, RFC 2028,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2028, October 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2028>.

   [RFC2418]  Bradner, S., "IETF Working Group Guidelines and
              Procedures", BCP 25, RFC 2418, DOI 10.17487/RFC2418,
              September 1998, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2418>.

   [RFC3005]  Harris, S., "IETF Discussion List Charter", BCP 45,
              RFC 3005, DOI 10.17487/RFC3005, November 2000,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3005>.

   [RFC3710]  Alvestrand, H., "An IESG charter", RFC 3710,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3710, February 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3710>.

   [RFC6702]  Polk, T. and P. Saint-Andre, "Promoting Compliance with
              Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules",
              RFC 6702, DOI 10.17487/RFC6702, August 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6702>.

   [RFC8711]  Haberman, B., Hall, J., and J. Livingood, "Structure of
              the IETF Administrative Support Activity, Version 2.0",
              BCP 101, RFC 8711, DOI 10.17487/RFC8711, February 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8711>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8714]  Arkko, J. and T. Hardie, "Update to the Process for
              Selection of Trustees for the IETF Trust", BCP 101,
              RFC 8714, DOI 10.17487/RFC8714, February 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8714>.

   [RFC8715]  Arkko, J., "IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0:
              Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the
              IETF Trust", RFC 8715, DOI 10.17487/RFC8715, February
              2020, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8715>.

6.2.  Informative References

   [IAB-3716-Historic]
              Internet Architecture Board, "IAB Minutes 2019-03-06", 6
              March 2019, <https://www.iab.org/documents/minutes/
              minutes-2019/iab-minutes-2019-03-06/>.

   [RFC2026]  Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
              3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, DOI 10.17487/RFC2026, October 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2026>.

   [RFC3716]  IAB Advisory Committee, "The IETF in the Large:
              Administration and Execution", RFC 3716,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3716, March 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3716>.

   [RFC3929]  Hardie, T., "Alternative Decision Making Processes for
              Consensus-Blocked Decisions in the IETF", RFC 3929,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3929, October 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3929>.

   [RFC3979]  Bradner, S., Ed., "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
              Technology", RFC 3979, DOI 10.17487/RFC3979, March 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3979>.

   [RFC4633]  Hartman, S., "Experiment in Long-Term Suspensions From
              Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mailing Lists",
              RFC 4633, DOI 10.17487/RFC4633, August 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4633>.

   [RFC4879]  Narten, T., "Clarification of the Third Party Disclosure
              Procedure in RFC 3979", RFC 4879, DOI 10.17487/RFC4879,
              April 2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4879>.

   [RFC8179]  Bradner, S. and J. Contreras, "Intellectual Property
              Rights in IETF Technology", BCP 79, RFC 8179,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8179, May 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8179>.

Acknowledgments

   Brian Carpenter's careful checking and identification of documents
   that did, and did not, require consideration was essential to the
   document in its current form.  He also made several other significant
   contributions.  Bob Hinden also gave the document a careful reading
   and made useful suggestions.  In additional to the above, Alissa
   Cooper, Eliot Lear, Heather Flanagan (the RFC Series Editor), and the
   current membership to the IAB helped sort out the handing of RFC
   3716.

Contributors

   Jason Livingood did the hard work of identifying the documents that
   required updating and supplied considerable text used in this
   document.

Author's Address

   John C Klensin (editor)
   1770 Massachusetts Ave, Ste 322
   Cambridge, MA 02140
   United States of America

   Phone: +1 617 245 1457
   Email: john-ietf@jck.com