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Dear Colleagues,
In a series of meetings leading up to and at IETF 106, the
Internet technical community was asked about the process to use in
considering a further evolution of the RFC Editor model. The
apparent consensus of those interactions, as judged by the current
RFC Series Editor, was that an open IAB program is the most
appropriate vehicle available. The outcomes of each of these
meetings and the resulting process proposal is summarized in
draft-flanagan-rseme, but one key point is:
The program should be modeled closely on an IETF working group
[BCP25], using a mailing list to validate consensus among the
participants, and adhering to the IETF Note Well [BCP78]
[BCP79].
Decisions are expected to be made using rough consensus;
consensus
will be called by the chairs, and any appeals will be handled
by the
IAB.[RFC7282].
Like an IETF working group, this program will have completely open
participation.
At its most recent meeting, which was the first after IETF 106,
the IAB agreed to develop a program in line with this proposal.
Charter text for community review will be circulated to the rfc-interest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mailing list within the next few weeks; we encourage you to
subscribe to that list if you wish to participate in the charter
discussion. We expect the comment period to span the holiday
period into the new year.
A separate mailing list will be created for the program once the
charter has been finalized. Volunteers to serve as chairs will
also be solicited after the charter is final.
If you have questions on the process going forward, please do not
hesitate to send them to iab@xxxxxxx.
best regards,
Ted Hardie
for the IAB
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