Following up on my note from this morning...
Leslie Daigle wrote:
Accordingly, some people volunteered to write down some text for each, drawing on and extending Carl's documents. The outcome of that writing exercise will be circulated here later today -- i.e., a note describing a possible implementation of Scenario C in more detail, and a separate note describing the derived scenario (dubbed "Scenario O").
One thing that is important to note about these notes is that there is a lot of commonality in their structure, and a number of places where the text could have been copied from one to the other. For example, both have some form of oversight board or committee. The details as written, however, *do* differ between the notes. This is because the contexts are slightly different for the 2 scenarios, and because the differences amount to details we can debate and fix if we pick one of these to move forward with. I.e., "who is a voting member of the oversight group" should not be a deciding factor in whether you think the revised Scenario C is better than Scenario O, or vice versa.
The IAB and IESG have not discussed these extensively, but have helped to try and get better and clarified documentation of each of those Scenarios. The IESG and IAB are now reviewing them in detail. We are also following your discussions/comments very carefully, and based on that they will evaluate to try and come to a recommendation. So we are eagerly awaiting your thoughts and inputs on whether either of these seems to be a viable path or what further work needs to be done.
Here is some text describing a scenario derived from Carl's Scenarios A & B.
Not an Internet-Draft L. Daigle
VeriSign
M. Wasserman
ThingMagic
September 20, 2004
AdminRest Scenario O: An IETF-Directed Activity Housed Under the Internet Society (ISOC) Legal Umbrella
Abstract
This document defines an alternative proposal for the structure of the IETF's administrative support activity (IASA) -- an IETF-defined and directed activity that operates within the ISOC legal umbrella. It proposes the creation of an IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) that is selected by and accountable to the IETF community. This committee would provide oversight for the IETF administrative support activity, which would be housed within the ISOC legal umbrella. In order to allow the community to properly evaluate this scenario, some draft BCP wording is included.
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Table of Contents
1. Overview of Scenario O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Draft of Administrative Support BCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Definition of the IETF Administrative Support Activity
(IASA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1 Structure of the IASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.2 IAD Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3 IAOC Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.4 IASA Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 IAOC Membership, Selection and Accountability . . . . . . 7
2.3 IASA Budget Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 Relationship of the IAOC to Existing IETF Leadership . . . 10
2.5 ISOC Responsibilities for IASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. Workplan for Formalizing the IETF Administrative Support
Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1 Workplan Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Workplan Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 Approval by the IETF Community and ISOC . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4 Selecting IASA Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.5 Recruiting the IETF Administrative Director . . . . . . . 14
3.6 Establishing Agreement with Service Providers . . . . . . 14
3.7 Establishing a 2005 Operating Budget . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.8 Proposed Schedule for IASA Transition . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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1. Overview of Scenario O
IETF community discussions of the scenarios for administrative restructuring presented in Carl Malamud's consultant report [I-D.malamud-consultant-report] have led to the identification of a potentially viable alternative that is not included in that report -- an IETF-defined and directed administrative support function housed under the ISOC legal umbrella (called "IASA" hereafter). This new scenario retains some properties of the original ISOC-based scenarios, Scenarios A and B. However, this new scenario aims to provide:
o continued close relationship with ISOC
o a clear basis from which the IETF can define (and, over time,
refine) the administrative activity in terms of IETF community
needs, using existing IETF/ISOC processes o an operational oversight board that is accountable to the IETF
community o continued separation between the IETF standards activity and any
fund-raising for standards work (within ISOC)o appropriate ISOC oversight of its standards activities funds
This scenario is nicknamed "Scenario O" -- it is derived from, but does not entirely encompass, Scenario A or Scenario B.
In Scenario O, the IETF administrative support function would be defined in a BCP that would be created via the IETF standards process [RFC2026] and approved by the ISOC Board of Trustees. This BCP would describe the scope of an IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) and would define the structure and responsibilities of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), an IETF-selected body responsible for overseeing the IASA. Like the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the IASA would be housed within the ISOC legal umbrella. The BCP would also describe ISOC's responsibilities within this scenario, including requirements for financial accounting and transparency. A draft of this BCP is included in the next section of this document.
Scenario O allows us to establish IETF control over our administrative support functions in terms of determining that they meet the community's needs, and adjusting them from time to time using IETF processes. At the same time, it does not require that the IETF community determine, create and undertake the risks associated with an appropriate corporate structure (with similar financial
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infrastructure and tax-exempt status to ISOC's) in order to solve the pressing administrative issues outlined in [RFC3716]. This proposal also defines the boundaries of the IASA so that it could be encapsulated and moved elsewhere at some future date, should that ever be desirable.
2. Draft of Administrative Support BCP
This section proposes draft text for a BCP that would define the scope and structure of the IASA. Although this text would require further refinement within the IETF community, this section is intended to be clear and complete enough to allow the community to reach a well-informed opinion regarding this scenario.
2.1 Definition of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)
The IETF undertakes its technical activities as an ongoing, open, consensus-based process. The Internet Society has long been a part of the IETF's standards process, and this document does not affect the ISOC-IETF working relationship concerning standards development or communication of technical advice. The purpose of this memo is to define an administrative support activity that is responsive to the IETF technical community's needs, as well as consistent with ISOC's operational, financial and fiduciary requirements while supporting the IETF technical activity.
The IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) provides administrative support for the technical work of the IETF. This includes, as appropriate, undertaking or contracting for the work described in (currently, [RFC3716] but the eventual BCP should include the detail as an appendix), covering IETF document and data management, IETF meetings, any operational agreements or contracts with the RFC Editor and IANA. This provides the administrative backdrop required to support the IETF standards process and to support the IETF organized technical activities, including the IESG, IAB and working groups. This includes the financial activities associated with such IETF support (collecting IETF meeting fees, payment of invoices, appropriate financial management, etc). The IASA is responsible for ensuring that the IETF's administrative activities are done and done well; it is not the expectation that the IASA will undertake the work directly, but rather contract the work from others, and manage the contractual relationships in line with key operating principles such as efficiency, transparency and cost effectiveness.
The IASA is distinct from other IETF-related technical functions, such as the RFC editor, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and the IETF standards process itself. The IASA is not
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intended to have any influence on the technical decisions of the IETF or on the technical contents of IETF work.
2.1.1 Structure of the IASA
The IASA will be structured to allow accountability to the IETF community. It will determine the ongoing success of the activity in meeting IETF community needs laid out in this BCP, as well as ISOC oversight of its financial and resource contributions. The supervisory body defined for this will be called the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC). The IAOC will consist of volunteers, all chosen directly or indirectly by the IETF community, as well as appropriate ex officio appointments from ISOC and IETF leadership. The IAOC will be accountable to the IETF community for the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of the IASA.
The IASA will initially consist of a single full-time employee of ISOC, the IETF Administrative Director (IAD). The IAD will require a variety of financial, legal and administrative support, and it is expected that this support will be provided by ISOC support staff following an expense and/or allocation model TBD.
Although the IAD will be a full-time ISOC employee, he will work under the direction of the IAOC. The IAD will be selected by a committee of the IAOC, consisting minimally of the ISOC President and the IETF Chair. This same committee will be responsible for periodically reviewing the performance of the IAD and determining any changes to his employment and compensation. In certain cases (to be defined clearly -- chiefly cases where the ISOC employee is determined to have contravened basic ISOC policies), the ISOC President may make summary decisions, to be reviewed by the hiring committee after the fact.
The IAD will be responsible for administering the IETF finances, managing a separate bank account for the IASA, and establishing and administering the IASA budget. To perform these activities, the IAD is expected to have signing authority comparable to other ISOC director-level employees. Generally, expenses or agreements outside that authority to be approved for financial soundness as determined by ISOC policy. The joint expectation is that ISOC's policies will be consistent with allowing the IAD to carry out IASA work effectively and efficiently. Should the IAOC have concerns about that, the IAOC and ISOC commit to working out other policies that are mutually agreeable.
The IAD will also fill the role of the IETF Executive Director, as described in various IETF process BCPs. All other administrative functions will be outsourced via well-defined contracts. The IAD
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will be responsible for negotiating and maintaining those contracts, as well as providing any coordination that is necessary to make sure the IETF administrative support functions are properly covered.
2.1.2 IAD Responsibilities
The day to day responsibilities of the IAD will focus on managing contracts with the entities providing the work supporting the IETF technical activity.
The IAD will provide regular (monthly and quarterly) reports to the IAOC and ISOC.
All contracts will be negotiated by the IAD (with input from any other appropriate bodies), and reviewed by the IAOC. The contracts will be executed by ISOC, on behalf of the IETF, after whatever review ISOC requires (e.g., legal, Board of Trustees).
The IAD will prepare an annual budget, which will be reviewed and approved by the IAOC. The IAD will be responsible for presenting this budget to the ISOC Board of Trustees, as part of ISOC's annual financial planning process. The partnering is such that the IAOC is responsible for ensuring the suitability of the budget for meeting the IETF community's needs, but it does not bear fiduciary responsibility; the ISOC board needs to review and understand the budget and planned activity in have enough detail of the budget and proposed plans to properly carry out its fiduciary responsibility.
2.1.3 IAOC Responsibilities
The role of the IAOC is to provide appropriate input to the IAD, and oversight of the IASA functioning. The IAOC is not expected to be regularly engaged in IASA work, but rather to provide appropriate approval and oversight.
Therefore, the IAOC's responsibilities are:
o Select the IAD, as described above.
o Review the IAD's financial reports, and provide approval of the
IAD's budget proposals in terms of fitness for IETF purposes. o Review IASA functioning with respect to meeting the IETF
community's working needs.The IAOC's role is to review, not carry out the work of, the IAD and IASA. As such, it is expected the IAOC will have monthly teleconferences and periodic face to face meetings, probably
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coincident with IETF plenary meetings, consistent with ensuring an efficient and effective operation.
2.1.4 IASA Funding
The IASA is supported financially in 3 ways:
1. IETF meeting revenues. The IAD, in consultation with the IAOC,
sets the meeting fees as part of the budgeting process. All
meeting revenues go to the IASA. 2. Designated ISOC donations. The IETF and IASA do no specific fund
raising activities; this maintains separation between fundraising
and standards activities. Any organization interested in
supporting the IETF activity will continue to be directed to
ISOC, and any funds ISOC receives specifically for IETF
activities (as part of an ISOC program that allows for specific
designation) will be put in the IASA bank account for IASA
management. 3. Other ISOC support. ISOC will deposit in the IASA account, each
quarter, the funds committed to providing as part of the IASA
budget (where the meeting revenues and specific donations do not
cover the budget). These funds may come from member fees or from
other revenue streams ISOC may create.Note that the goal is to achieve and maintain a viable IETF support function based on meeting fees and specified donations, and the IAOC and ISOC are expected to work together to attain that goal. (I.e., dropping the meeting fees to $0 and expecting ISOC to pick up the slack is not desirable; nor is raising the meeting fees to prohibitive levels to fund all non-meeting-related activities!).
Also, in normal operating circumstances, the IASA would look to have a 6 month operating reserve for its activities. Rather than having the IASA attempt to accrue that in its bank account, the IASA looks to ISOC to build and provide that operational reserve (through whatever mechanism instrument ISOC deems appropriate -- line of credit, financial reserves, etc). Such reserves do not appear instantaneously; the goal is to reach that level of reserve by 3 years after the creation of the IASA. It is not expected that any funds associated with such reserve will be held in the IASA bank account.
2.2 IAOC Membership, Selection and Accountability
Note: This section is particularly subject to change as we work to find the best way to achieve the key principles. The key principles
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being adhered to are that while this should be reasonably separate from IETF Standards process management:
o the IETF and IAB Chairs need to be involved to a level that
permits them to be involved in and oversee the aspects pertinent
to their roles in managing the technical work (e.g., the IAB looks
after the RFC Editor relationship) o the IETF and IAB Chairs must not be critical path to getting
decisions to and through the IASA.The current draft, below, therefore makes the IETF Chair ex officio voting member of the IAOC, and the IAB Chair a non-voting liaison. Future versions may change either or both, depending on what makes sense to the IETF community in its deliberations.
The IAOC will consist of seven voting members who will be selected as follows:
o 2 members chosen by the IETF Nominations Committee (NomCom)
o 1 member chosen by the IESG
o 1 member chosen by the IAB
o 1 member chosen by the ISOC Board of Trustees
o The IETF Chair (ex officio)
o The ISOC President/CEO (ex officio)
There will also be two non-voting, ex officio liaisons:
o The IAB Chair
o The IETF Administrative Director
The voting members of the IAOC will choose their own chair each year using a consensus mechanism of its choosing. Any appointed voting member of the IAOC may serve as the IAOC Chair (i.e., not the IETF Chair or the ISOC President/CEO). The role of the IAOC Chair is to organize the IAOC. The IAOC Chair has no formal duties for representing the IAOC, except as directed by IAOC consensus.
The members of the IAOC will typically serve two year terms. Initially, the IESG and ISOC Board will make one-year appointments, the IAB will make a two-year appointment, and the Nomcom will make one one-year appointment and one two-year appointment to establish a
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pattern where approximately half of the IAOC is selected each term.
The two NomCom selected members will be selected using the procedures described in RFC 3777. For the initial selection, the IESG will provide the list of desired qualifications for these positions. In later years, this list will be provided by the IAOC.
While there are no hard rules regarding how the IAB and the IESG should select members of the IAOC, it is not expected that they will typically choose current IAB or IESG members, if only to avoid overloading existing leadership. However, they should choose people who are familiar with the administrative support needs of the IAB, the IESG and/or the IETF standards process. It is suggested that a fairly open process be followed for these selections, perhaps with an open call for nominations and/or a period of public comment on the candidates. The IAB and IESG are encouraged to look at the procedure for IAB selection of ISOC Trustees for an example of how this might work.
Although the IAB and IESG will choose some members of the IAOC, those members will not directly represent the bodies that chose them. All members of the IAOC are accountable directly to the IETF community. To receive direct feedback from the community, the IAOC will hold an open meeting at least once per year at an IETF meeting. This may take the form of an open IAOC plenary or a working meeting held during an IETF meeting slot. The form and contents of this meeting are left to the discretion of the IAOC Chair.
Decisions of IAOC members or the entire IAOC are subject to appeal using the procedures described in RFC 2026. The initial appeal of an individual decision will go to the full IAOC. Appeals of IAOC decisions will go to the IESG and continue up the chain as necessary (to the IAB and the ISOC Board). The IAOC will play no role (aside from possible administrative support) in appeals of WG Chair, IESG or IAB decisions.
In the event that an IAOC member abrogates his duties or acts against the bests interests of the IETF community, IAOC members are subject to recall using the recall procedure defined in RFC 3777. IAB and IESG-appointed members of the IAOC are not subject to recall by their appointing bodies.
2.3 IASA Budget Process
While the IASA sets a budget for the IETF's administrative needs, its budget process clearly needs to be closely coordinated with ISOC's. The specific timeline will be established each year, before the second IETF meeting. A general annual timeline for budgeting will
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be:
July 1 The IAD presents a budget proposal (for the following fiscal
year, with 3 year projections) to the IAOC. August 1 The IAOC approves the budget proposal for IETF purposes,
after any appropriate revisions. As the ISOC President is part of
the IAOC, the IAOC should have a preliminary indication of how the
budget will fit with ISOC's own budgetary expectations. The
budget proposal is passed to the ISOC Board of Trustees for review
in accordance with their fiduciary duty. September 1 The ISOC Board of Trustees approves the budget proposal
provisionally. During the next 2 months, the budget may be
revised to be integrated in ISOC's overall budgeting process.November 1 Final budget to the ISOC Board for approval.
The IAD will provide monthly accountings of expenses, and will update forecasts of expenditures quarterly. This may necessitate the adjustment of the IASA budget. The revised budget will need to be approved by the IAOC and ISOC Board of Trustees.
2.4 Relationship of the IAOC to Existing IETF Leadership
The IAOC will be directly accountable to the IETF Community. However, the nature of the IAOC's work will involve treating the IESG and IAB as internal customers. The IAOC should not consider its work successful unless the IESG and IAB are satisfied with the administrative support that they are receiving.
2.5 ISOC Responsibilities for IASA
Within ISOC, support for the IASA should be structured to meet the following goals:
Transparency: The IETF community should have complete visibility into
the financial and legal structure of the ISOC standards activity.
In particular, the IETF community should have access to a detailed
budget for the entire standards activity, quarterly financial
reports and audited annual financials. In addition, key contract
material and MOUs should be publicly available. Most of these
goals are already met by ISOC today. The IAOC will be responsible
for providing the IETF community with regular overviews of the
state of affairs.
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Unification: As part of this arrangement, ISOC's sponsorship of the RFC Editor, IAB and IESG, as well as insurance coverage for the IETF will be managed as part of the IASA under the IAOC.
Independence: The IASA should be financially and legally distinct
from other ISOC activities. IETF meeting fees should be deposited
in a separate IETF-specific bank account and used to fund the IASA
under the direction and oversight of the IAOC. Any fees or
payments collected from IETF meeting sponsors should also be
deposited into this account. This account will be administered by
the IAD and used to fund the IASA in accordance with a budget and
policies that are developed as described above. Support: ISOC may, from time to time, choose to transfer other funds
into this account to fund IETF administrative projects or to cover
IETF meeting revenue shortfalls. There may also be cases where
ISOC chooses to loan money to the IASA to help with temporary cash
flow issues. These cases should be carefully documented and
tracked on both sides. ISOC will work to provide the 6 month
operational reserve for IASA functioning described above. Removability: While there is no current plan to transfer the legal
and financial home of the IASA to another corporation, the IASA
should be structured to enable a clean transition in the event
that the IETF community decides, through BCP publication, that
such a transition is required. In that case, the IAOC will give
ISOC a minimum six months notice before the transition formally
occurs. During that period, the IAOC and ISOC will work together
to create a smooth transition that does not result in any
significant service outages or missed IETF meetings. All
contracts that are executed by ISOC as part of the IASA should
either include a clause allowing termination or transfer by ISOC
with six months notice, or should be transferrable to another
corporation in the event that the IASA is transitioned away from
ISOC in the future. Any accrued funds, and IETF-specific
intellectual property rights (concerning administrative data and/
or tools) would also be expected to be transitioned to any new
entity, as well.Within the constraints outlined above, all other details of how to structure this activity within ISOC (as a cost center, a department or a formal subsidiary) should be determined by ISOC in consultation with the IAOC.
3. Workplan for Formalizing the IETF Administrative Support Activity
This section proposes a workplan and schedule for formalizing the IETF administrative support activity (IASA) for the remainder of 2004
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and 2005.
3.1 Workplan Goals
This workplan is intended to satisfy four goals:
o Satisfy the IETF's need for support functions through 2005, with a
careful transition that minimizes the risk of substantial
disruption to the IETF standards process. o Establish IETF community consensus and ISOC approval of a BCP
formalizing the IASA as described in this scenario before any
actions are taken that will have long term effects (hiring,
contacts, etc.) o Make sure that decisions with long term impact, such as hiring the
IAD and establishing contracts for administrative support, are
made by people chosen for that purpose who will be responsible to
the community for the effectiveness of this effort (the IAD and
members of the IAOC) -- not by our already overloaded technical
leadership. o Within the above constraints, move as quickly as possible towards
a well-defined administrative support structure that is
transparent and accountable to the IETF community.
3.2 Workplan Overview
There are three major elements to this workplan which can, to some degree, take place in parallel after we establish IETF community consensus to pursue Scenario O:
o Finalizing the BCP text and getting it approved by the IETF
community and ISOC. o Selecting IASA leadership. This includes appointing an interim
IAOC, recruiting the IAD, and eventually appointing the full IAOC. o Negotiating agreements with service providers. This includes
determining the structure and work flow of the IASA, deciding
which portions of the IASA should be staffed via an open request
for proposals (RFP) process, and issuing a RFP for those portions,
as well as establishing sole source contracts or MOUs for other
portions of the IASA.Each of the three items listed above is described in more detail in the following sections.
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3.3 Approval by the IETF Community and ISOC
In scenario O, the IASA is formalized in a BCP that is approved by the IETF community and accepted by the ISOC Board of Trustees. There are three steps in this process:
1. Establishment of IETF community consensus that we should pursue
Scenario O as defined in a joint IAB/IESG recommendation based on
this proposal. This consensus will be established through
community discussion and a formal two-week consensus call issued
by the IETF chair on the IETF mailing list. 2. Establishment of IETF community consensus on a BCP that
formalizes the IASA as described. This consensus would be
established through public discussion, a four week IETF Last Call
and IESG review and approval. 3. ISOC approval of the BCP and acceptance of ISOC's
responsibilities as described therein. This approval and
acceptance would be signified by an ISOC Board resolution.The timeline for these three stages is rather long, but there is significant progress that can be made in other areas once we have established IETF community consensus to pursue this scenario.
3.4 Selecting IASA Leadership
Once we have IETF consensus to pursue this scenario, we can appoint an interim IAOC to begin working on the IASA transition. The interim IAOC could do substantial work on non-binding tasks, such as beginning the recruitment process for an IAD, determining the structure of the IASA work, issuing RFPs and negotiating potential agreements with service providers. The interim IAOC would not be empowered to make binding agreements, but could work appropriate consultants and advisors to make a lot of progress towards determining the initial structure and work flow of the IASA.
Because the IETF Nominations Commitee (NomCom) process for new positions will consume a lot of resources and take a long time to complete, we propose that the interim IAOC consist of:
o 1 IESG selected member
o 1 IAB selected member
o 1 ISOC selected member
o The IETF Chair
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o The ISOC President/CEO
The IAB chair will serve as a liaison, as described above.
The IESG and ISOC Board appointments will be expected to serve until the first IETF meeting of 2006, and the IAB appointment will be expected to serve until the first IETF meeting of 2007, assuming that the BCP is approved and the IAOC continues to have appointed members from these bodies.
After all of the interim IAOC members are selected, they will choose an interim IAOC chair from among the appointed members.
When the BCP is approved, if the BCP indicates that there will be NomCom selected IAOC members they will be chosen at that time. Any adjustments to appointed members based on the BCP contents will also be made at that time. The IAOC will transition from interim to non-interim status when all non-interim members are seated. A new, non-interim chair selection process will then commence.
3.5 Recruiting the IETF Administrative Director
The interim IAOC should appoint an IAD selection committee to recruit and select the IETF Administrative Director. This committee will consist entirely of IAOC members or liaisons, and will, at minimum, include the IETF chair and the ISOC President. If the IAOC chooses, this committee could include the entire IAOC.
The IAD selection committee should determine a job description for the IAD, in consultation with other IETF leaders and the IETF community. Once the job description is established, the IAD selection committee should recruiting candidates for the position.
Although the interim IAOC is not empowered to hire the IAD as a full-time employee, it might be possible for the IAOC to ask ISOC to engage the potential IAD as a consultant to help with other tasks during the interim period.
3.6 Establishing Agreement with Service Providers
The most important activity of the IAOC during late 2004 and early 2005 will be to determine the structure and work flow of the IASA and to establish contracts or other agreements with service providers to do the required work. This work includes the following functions as defined in the consultant's report:
o Technical infrastructure
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o Meeting management
o Clerk's office
o RFC Editor services to support IETF standards publication
o IANA services to support IETF standards publication
The interim IAOC should work with IETF leaders and other knowledgeable members of the community to determine the structure and work flow required for the IASA activity and make corresponding adjustments to the above list, if necessary. The interim IAOC can also identify which areas of IASA work should continue to be provided by existing IETF service providers, and work with those providers to establish proposed contracts or agreements for later approval by the non-interim IAOC. The IAOC can also choose to start an RFP process for any services that they believe should be filled through an open RFP process.
3.7 Establishing a 2005 Operating Budget
Because the ISOC 2005 budgeting process will be finalized before the non-interim IAOC is seated, the interim IAOC should work with the ISOC staff and President to establish a proposed 2005 operating budget for the IASA. Since this will happen in advance of full knowledge regarding the costs of 2005 operations, it may be subject to significant adjustment later.
3.8 Proposed Schedule for IASA Transition
As described above, the three stages of the IETF community and ISOC approval process will take some time. If the community chooses scenario O and we reach quick consensus on the details, an optimistic schedule for this approval would be:
1. IETF discussion of this proposal and other scenarios through
1-Oct-2005. IAB/IESG discusses this proposal with ISOC Board. 2. IAB/IESG joint recommendation issued on 8-Oct-04, including full
BCP proposal. 3. Community discussion of the joint IAB/IESG recommendation through
22-Oct-04. 4. Two-week community consensus call issued on the IETF list on
23-Oct-04 regarding rough community consensus to pursue this
direction and appoint an interim IAOC -- extends through IETF
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community consensus.
5. Rough community consensus declared on 8-Nov-04 to pursue Scenario
O and appoint the interim IAOC. 6. Interim IAOC seated on 15-Nov-04. Interim IAOC begins interim
work outlined above, including establishment of estimated 2005
budget and IAD recruitment. 7. BCP text discussed by community, IETF leadership and ISOC Board
until we have something that represents rough community
consensus that is acceptable to all. We hope that this could be
completed by 6-Dec-04. 8. Four week IETF Last Call issued for BCP on 6-Dec-04 -- extends
through 3-Jan-04.9. Simultaneous IESG and ISOC Board approvals by 17-Jan-04.
10. IAD officially hired in Jan 2005.
11. NomCom seats IAOC members at the first IETF of 2005, moving the
IAOC from interim to non-interim status. 12. Formal agreements with all service providers in-place by June
2005.
4. Security Considerations
This document describes a scenario for the structure of the IETF's administrative support activities. It introduces no security considerations for the Internet.
5. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA considerations in the traditional sense. As part of the extended IETF family, though, IANA may be interested in the contents.
6. Acknowledgements
Most of the ideas in this document are not new, and many of them did not originate with the authors. This scenario represents a combination of ideas discussed within the IAB, the IESG and the IETF Community.
This document was written using the xml2rfc tool described in RFC
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2629 [RFC2629].
7. References
7.1 Normative References
[I-D.malamud-consultant-report]
Malamud, C., "IETF Administrative Support Functions",
draft-malamud-consultant-report-01 (work in progress),
September 2004. [RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996. [RFC3716] Advisory, IAB., "The IETF in the Large: Administration and
Execution", RFC 3716, March 2004.7.2 Informative References
[RFC2629] Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
June 1999. [RFC3667] Bradner, S., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78, RFC
3667, February 2004. [RFC3668] Bradner, S., "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
Technology", BCP 79, RFC 3668, February 2004.
Authors' Addresses
Leslie Daigle VeriSign
EMail: leslie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, leslie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Margaret Wasserman ThingMagic One Broadway, 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
Phone: +1 617 758-4177 EMail: margaret@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx URI: http://www.thingmagic.com
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