Network Working Group J. Klensin Internet-Draft November 11, 2005 Expires: May 15, 2006 Revision of the Recall Initiation Model draft-klensin-recall-rev-00.txt Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on May 15, 2006. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). Abstract The procedures for initiating a recall specified in RFC 3777 restrict signatories to those who are "nomcom qualified". Perhaps inadvertently, this prohibits members of the IESG and IAB from initiating these procedures. This document suggests that limitation was an unanticipated and undesirable side-effect and proposes to remove it. This document is intended to update RFC 3777. Klensin Expires May 15, 2006 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Recall Revision November 2005 Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Modification of the Recall Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 6 Klensin Expires May 15, 2006 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Recall Revision November 2005 1. Introduction and Rationale The procedures for initiating a recall specified in [RFC3777] restrict signatories to those who are "nomcom qualified". Perhaps inadvertently, this prohibits members of the IESG and IAB from initiating these procedures. This is probably not in the best interests of the community: if there is a problem within the IESG or IAB, other members of those bodies are likely to be aware of it before the general community. The risks of permitting IESG or IAB members abusing process or each other by initiating a recall seem minimal: they remain ineligible to be members of the recall committee itself and the community would presumably swiftly punish such abuse through either the nomcom or the recall process. This document suggests that making IAB and IESG members ineligible to initiate recalls was an undesirable side-effect and proposes to remove it. 2. Modification of the Recall Process The first two paragraphs of Section 7.1 of [RFC3777] are replaced by the following: 1. At any time, at least 20 members of the IETF community, who are, with the exception below, qualified to be voting members of a nominating committee, may request by signed petition (email is acceptable) to the Internet Society President the recall of any sitting IAB or IESG member. For the purposes of this section, sitting members of the IESG, IAB, or Internet Society Board of Trustees may sign recall petitions. In other words, Section 4.15 of RFC 3777 is not applicable in determining who is permitted to sign these petitions. All individual and collective qualifications of nominating committee eligibility, excepting the one described in the previous paragraph, are applicable, including that no more than two signatories may have the same primary affiliation. 3. IANA Considerations This document does not require any IANA actions, 4. Security Considerations Klensin Expires May 15, 2006 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Recall Revision November 2005 This document discusses IETF procedures. It raises no security issues for the Internet. 5. References [RFC3777] Galvin, J., "IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees", BCP 10, RFC 3777, June 2004. Klensin Expires May 15, 2006 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Recall Revision November 2005 Author's Address John C. 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