Re: Comments on draft-iab-rfc-editor: IETF control

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On May 31, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
If an AD or the IESG makes a mistake, there is also an appeals mechanism available. There isn't any documented appeals mechanism for IAB decisions. Should there be?

Actually, there is. See section 6.5.3 of RFC 2026. As with an appeal to the IAB, the question changes somewhat when it is invoked (an appeal to the IESG claims a bad decision by a WG chair or an AD, while an appeal to the IAB claims a process failure), and in point of fact it has never been invoked. An appeal in each case reviews the actions of a lower level, and if upheld, tells the lower level to fix its process and then review its decision according to the revised process; an appeal of the IAB's decision is questioning the process documents that govern the IETF, and if upheld, directs that they be revised according to an appropriate process.

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RFC 2026               Internet Standards Process           October 1996


   The IAB decision is final with respect to the question of whether or
   not the Internet standards procedures have been followed and with
   respect to all questions of technical merit.

6.5.2 Process Failures

   This document sets forward procedures required to be followed to
   ensure openness and fairness of the Internet Standards Process, and
   the technical viability of the standards created. The IESG is the
principal agent of the IETF for this purpose, and it is the IESG that
   is charged with ensuring that the required procedures have been
   followed, and that any necessary prerequisites to a standards action
   have been met.

   If an individual should disagree with an action taken by the IESG in
   this process, that person should first discuss the issue with the
   ISEG Chair. If the IESG Chair is unable to satisfy the complainant
   then the IESG as a whole should re-examine the action taken, along
   with input from the complainant, and determine whether any further
action is needed. The IESG shall issue a report on its review of the
   complaint to the IETF.

   Should the complainant not be satisfied with the outcome of the IESG
review, an appeal may be lodged to the IAB. The IAB shall then review
   the situation and attempt to resolve it in a manner of its own
   choosing and report to the IETF on the outcome of its review.

If circumstances warrant, the IAB may direct that an IESG decision be
   annulled, and the situation shall then be as it was before the IESG
decision was taken. The IAB may also recommend an action to the IESG,
   or make such other recommendations as it deems fit. The IAB may not,
   however, pre-empt the role of the IESG by issuing a decision which
   only the IESG is empowered to make.

   The IAB decision is final with respect to the question of whether or
   not the Internet standards procedures have been followed.

6.5.3 Questions of Applicable Procedure

   Further recourse is available only in cases in which the procedures
   themselves (i.e., the procedures described in this document) are
   claimed to be inadequate or insufficient to the protection of the
   rights of all parties in a fair and open Internet Standards Process.
   Claims on this basis may be made to the Internet Society Board of
   Trustees.  The President of the Internet Society shall acknowledge
   such an appeal within two weeks, and shall at the time of
   acknowledgment advise the petitioner of the expected duration of the
   Trustees' review of the appeal.  The Trustees shall review the



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RFC 2026               Internet Standards Process           October 1996


   situation in a manner of its own choosing and report to the IETF on
   the outcome of its review.

The Trustees' decision upon completion of their review shall be final
   with respect to all aspects of the dispute.


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