The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership' <draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-04.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 2012-10-25. 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. This document updates RFC 3777 by adding the IAOC to the list of bodies whose sitting members are ineligible to serve on the Nominating Committee (NomCom). This document also clarifies that "sitting members" includes those in ex-officio positions; however, liaisons from other bodies are not excluded from serving on NomCom. This document reflects the way that the IETF has been working. By making this update to RFC 3777, the documentation of the formal process is catching up to the way that NomCom is actually operated. This document actually updates a single sentence in RFC 3777. Abstract RFC 3777 specifies that "sitting members" of the IAB and IESG "may not volunteer to serve on the nominating commitee". Since that document was written the IAOC was formed, and that body is not covered by RFC 3777. There is also uncertainty about whether ex- officio members and liaisons are included as "sitting members". This document updates RFC 3777 and clarifies those situations. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
