I am very supportive of this idea. Russ On Oct 21, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: > 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/ > > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net