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IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
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RFC 2027 NOMCOM and Recall Operation October 1996
A single paragraph in RFC 1602 is the extent to which the process has
been formally recorded to date. Informally, following the 1992
exercise of the process, an internet draft was distributed recording
many of the details of the operation of that first nominating
committee. In addition, in both 1994 and 1995, the POISED working
group met, which facilitated the "oral tradition" transference of the
selection and confirmation process lessons learned, including the
email archives of the working group mailing list. This document is a
self-consistent, organized compilation of the process as described by
each of these sources.
The process described here includes only items for which the
consensus of those participating in the various discussions was
easily recognized. As a result, two assumptions are made.
(1) The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) and Internet
Research Steering Group (IRSG) are not a part of the process
described here.
(2) The organization (and re-organization) of the IESG is not a
part of the process described here.
In addition, this document specifies time frames for which the frame
of reference is IETF meetings. The time frames assume that the IETF
meets at least once per year with that meeting occurring during the
North American Spring time, i.e., the IETF meets at least on or about
March of each year.
The remainder of this document is divided into four major topics as
follows.
General
This a set of rules and constraints that apply to the
selection and confirmation process as a whole.
Nominating Committee Selection
This is the process by which volunteers from the IETF
community are recognized to serve on the committee that
nominates candidates to serve on the IESG and IAB.
Nominating Committee Operation
This is the set of principles, rules, and constraints
that guide the activities of the nominating committee,
including the confirmation process.
Galvin Best Current Practice