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
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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].