RFC SERIES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (RSOC)
January 15, 2018 RSOC Meeting

Reported by: Cindy Morgan, IETF Secretariat

ATTENDEES
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 Nevil Brownlee
 Heather Flanagan (RSE, non-voting)
 Joel Halpern
 Cindy Morgan (Scribe, non-voting)
 Martin Thomson


REGRETS
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 Sarah Banks (Chair)
 Tony Hansen 
 Bob Hinden
 Adam Roach
 Robert Sparks (Lead)
 Portia Wenze-Danley (IAOC Liaison, non-voting)

MINUTES
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0. Review of minutes

  The minutes of the 16 November 2017 meeting remain under review.

1. RPC stats

  The RSOC briefly reviewed the RPC's publication states for 2017:

  - Documents Submitted: 267 (6092 pages) 
    * In 2016, 284 documents (7834 pages) were submitted.
  - Documents Published: 263 (6589 pages)   
    * In 2016, 310 documents (8097 pages) were published

  Heather Flanagan noted that she expects 2018 to start out with a heavy 
  load as Cluster 238 is released. The RPC has been doing early work on 
  this cluster as time allows.


2. RPC evaluation for 2017 - planning

  Heather Flanagan reported that no one has raised any concerns about 
  her proposal for the RPC's 2017 evaluation, so she will proceed as 
  planned.


3. Original RFCs at ISI

  Heather Flanagan reported that there is a new director at ISI,  Terry 
  Benzel, who seems open to talking about the original paper copies of 
  RFCs. Heather has asked if ISI would be willing to hand these copies 
  over to the Computer History Museum, and will let the RSOC know when 
  she has more information.


4. Number of authors

  Heather Flanagan reported that there is currently an Internet-Draft 
  with 23 listed authors. The RSE currently recommends no more than five 
  authors on an RFC, but enforcement of that is up to the IESG. The 
  idnits tool was recently updated to offer a warning when more than 
  five authors are listed on a draft.

  Heather Flanagan asked at what point the RSE should refuse to publish 
  a document with an excessive number of authors. The RSOC members on 
  the call agreed that 23 is an unmanageable number of authors to go 
  through the AUTH48 process.


5. Document changes after new format and unofficial repositories

  Heather Flanagan noted that the community needs to be aware (and 
  adjust their tools accordingly) that once the new RFC format is in 
  place, the RFC output may change if bugs are discovered in the 
  rendering code that results in discrepancies between the XML and the 
  output.

  Heather Flanagan suggested changing the RSS feed to include updated-
  due-to-format RFCs as they are republished, and/or making special 
  publication announcements when an RFC is republished.

  Heather Flanagan will draft a note to the community about this issue. 
  The note will be sent out before the first RFCs using the new format 
  are published. 


6. AOB

  Nevil Brownlee reported that he is working with Adrian Farrel on the 
  ISE transition.

  Martin Thomson is working with the IAB on a document about the future 
  of the Independent Series.