Folks,
A thread on the nanog list, about abha ahuja, reminds me of a suggestion
I made casually to a few folk after the last IETF meeting:
We should consider having a persistent IETF page in memory of
people who were part of our community.
While the idea is simple, the comments I got back make clear that it
needs to be pursued carefully. That requires some formality.
There are two different lines of consideration. These are offered as a
starting point for discussion:
1. Who should be listed?
A number of different models make sense, but the challenge is
something that is workable. For example, it does not seem like the sort
of thing that would be appropriate for a consensus call to the
community, for each entry. I think that means the rules should be
entirely mechanical.
Conceptually, the goal should be to include anyone who was "part
of the IETF community". I'll suggest that any of these would qualify:
a. Held a formal position in the IETF (AD, WG Chair, IAOC/Trust,
IAB, IRTF, Nomcom, ...are there others?)
b. Held a position on an IETF committee (directorate,
advisory, ...)
c. Held a position on IETF staff (IAD, RFC Editor and, I think,
this should include on-going contractors, including AMS and RFC
document editors.
d. RFC author
2. What should be the form of the page?
I suggest we keep it extremely simple: an alphabetic listing by
name, with a photo, if available, and a pointer to a page if they have
one. In some cases, the IETF might formulate its own page for a person,
but that's distinct from this basic listing.
Thoughts?
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net