The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership' (draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-06.txt) as Best Current Practice 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://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility/ Technical Summary 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 it is actually operated. This document actually updates a single sentence in RFC 3777. Working Group Summary This document is not the product of any IETF WG. Document Quality This document was discussed on the IETF discussion list and on the ietf-nomcom mailing list. A design team made up of ex-NomCom Chairs also reviewed the document. IAB, IESG and IAOC members, Jim Galvin, and other several long-standing IETF participants reviewed previous versions of the document. The general sense is to exclude as few people as necessary to avoid a self-selecting leadership, and the document reflects that perspective. Personnel Russ Housley is the responsible AD. S. Moonesamy is the document shepherd.
