Re: STRAW PROPOSAL RFC Editor charter

[RJ Atkinson <rja at extremenetworks.com>]

On  16 Mar 2006, at 18:06, Leslie Daigle wrote:
> Following the note just sent about the proposed timeline for
> reviewing the RFC Editor contract this year, here is the
> STRAW proposal RFC Editor charter proposed by the IAB.
>
> It is a modest extension of the RFC Editor paragraph as found
> in RFC 2850 (the IAB Charter).
>
> The purpose of this straw proposal is to inform discussions
> scheduled for the GENAREA meeting at IETF65 in Dallas.
> After the Dallas meeting, the IAB will provide a more formal
> charter proposal.
>
> STRAW RFC Editor Charter
>
> The RFC Editor executes editorial management for the publication of  ETF-sponsored
documents.  I am concerned that this is not being acknowledged now.
I would feel a lot better if there were more public acknowledgement
that the RFC Editor's role extends far beyond the IETF-sponsored
documents.

> 2. We have a specific segment on the independent submissions
> channel in the General Area open meeting in Dallas. I'm a defender
> of the existence of that channel, but that doesn't mean it
> is something that exists without being chartered, funded and
> accountable in some way.

	Unfortunately, the IETF meetings do not currently have
much participation from non-IETF people who are involved in the
Internet community.  So that approach puts one segment of the
community in the position of deciding what is best for another
segment of the Internet community.

	It would be better if that open meeting were supplemented
by IAB outreach -- and an IAB-sponsored (not IESG-sponsored)
open call for input via email -- to the broader set of folks
in the Internet community who aren't currently very involved
in IETF meetings.

	The IAB (or possibly ISoc BoT, but more obviously IAB and
not the IESG) ought to be running and driving any process to create
or modify a formal RFC Editor charter, at least as long as we have
the current organisational structure.  That process should be
as open as possible and should include specific outreach to members
of the Internet R&E community, not primarily focused on IETF folks.

Yours,

Ran
rja at extremenetworks.com



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