The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Nominating Committee Process: Earlier Announcement of Open Positions and Solicitation of Volunteers ' <draft-dawkins-nomcom-dont-wait-04.txt> as a BCP This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Russ Housley. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-dawkins-nomcom-dont-wait-04.txt Technical Summary This document updates RFC 3777, Section 4, Bullet 13 to allow announcement of open positions and solicitation of volunteers to be issued before a Nominating and Recall Committee (NomCom) Chair has been named by the Internet Society President. Working Group Summary This document is not the product of any IETF WG. Protocol Quality The document was reviewed by Russ Housley for the IESG. Note to the RFC Editor Please make the following changes. OLD: 3. Discussion This document proposes that the IETF Secretariat will issue the announcement of open positions and the solicitation for names of volunteers on behalf of the Incoming NomCom Chair who will be named by the ISOC President. This allows the search for the Incoming NomCom Chair and volunteers to proceed in parallel. NEW: 3. Discussion This document proposes that the IETF Executive Director will issue the announcement of open positions and the solicitation for names of volunteers on behalf of the Incoming NomCom Chair who will be named by the ISOC President, if the Incoming NomCom Chair has not yet been named. This allows the search for the Incoming NomCom Chair and volunteers to proceed in parallel. OLD: 4. Updated text from RFC 3777 For [RFC3777], in section 4, "Nominating Committee Selection", bullet 13, which states: The Chair obtains the list of IESG and IAB positions to be reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the nominating committee. this text is replaced with the following text: The IETF Executive Director obtains the list of positions to be reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the nominating committee. NEW: 4. Updated text from RFC 3777 For [RFC3777], in section 4, "Nominating Committee Selection", bullet 13, which states: The Chair obtains the list of IESG and IAB positions to be reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the nominating committee. this text is replaced with the following text: The Chair (or the IETF Executive Director, if no Chair has been named) obtains the list of positions to be reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the nominating committee. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
