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RFC 6859: Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF Leadership

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 7437.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8713 — IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall Committees

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

RFC 3777 specifies that "sitting members" of the IAB and IESG "may not volunteer to serve on the nominating committee". Since the time that document was written, the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) was formed; that body is not covered by RFC 3777. There is also ambiguity in RFC 3777 about whether ex officio members and liaisons are included as "sitting members". This document updates RFC 3777 to clarify the rules as they apply to members of the IAB, the IESG, and the IAOC. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

Document record

Document ID
RFC6859
Published
January 2013
Authors
B. Leiba
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
3
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 7437
Updates:
RFC 3777

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 11 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2027 (1996)
  2. RFC 2282 (1998)
  3. RFC 2727 (2000)
  4. RFC 3777 (2004)
  5. RFC 5078 (2007)
  6. RFC 5633 (2009)
  7. RFC 5680 (2009)
  8. RFC 6859 (2013)
  9. RFC 7437 (2015)
  10. RFC 8318 (2018)
  11. RFC 8713 (2020) ✓

Read the full history of IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall Committees →

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