Barry, SM, Given what started as a simple change has turned into many changes (14 changed paragraphs by my count), I am starting to think that doing a RFC3777 update document would be a better approach. Then it would be easy to look at a diff from RFC3777 and see all of the changes. Bob On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Barry Leiba wrote: > SM and I have merged our 3777 update proposals, and we have posted the > merged version. This is BCCed to the NomCom discussion list; please > take discussion of this to the main IETF discussion list now. > > Reminder: the primary purpose of this is to add the IAOC to some of > the points in RFC 3777, since 3777 pre-dates the formation of the > IAOC. Some of the IAOC-related processed are described in RFC 4333, > so this doesn't cover everything -- but it adds the IAOC to what we > think is appropriate. It also incorporates the one Verified erratum > against 3777, and clarifies that a few other people should not be > eligible to volunteer for the NomCom -- in practical matters, it has > little effect, because most of them would not be volunteering anyway. > > We aim to ask Russ to AD-sponsor this soon. Further discussion is open. > > Barry (and SM) > >> A new version of I-D, draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01.txt >> has been successfully submitted by Barry Leiba and posted to the >> IETF repository. >> >> Filename: draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility >> Revision: 01 >> Title: Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership >> Creation date: 2012-08-16 >> WG ID: Individual Submission >> Number of pages: 7 >> URL: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01.txt >> Status: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility >> Htmlized: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01 >> Diff: http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01 >> >> 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 clarifies those situations.