The IESG has received a request from the Meeting Venue WG (mtgvenue) to consider the following document: - 'IETF Plenary Meeting Venue Selection Process' <draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process-11.txt> as Best Current Practice The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-01-31. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The IASA has responsibility for arranging IETF plenary meeting Venue selection and operation. This document details the IETF's Meeting Venue Selection Process from the perspective of the community's goals, criteria and thought processes. It points to additional process documents on the IAOC Web Site that go into further detail and are subject to change with experience. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.