Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the IETF TrustEricssonKauniainen02700Finlandjari.arkko@piuha.netted.ietf@gmail.com
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IASA2IETF administrationintellectual propertyleadership selectionIASAThis memo updates the process for selection of Trustees for the IETF
Trust. Previously, the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC)
members also acted as Trustees, but the IAOC
has been eliminated as part of an update to the structure of
the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA). This memo
specifies that the Trustees shall be selected separately.This memo obsoletes RFC 4371. The changes relate only
to the selection of Trustees. All other aspects of the IETF Trust
remain as they are today.
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Table of Contents
. Introduction
. IETF Trust
. Selection of Trustees
. Security Considerations
. IANA Considerations
. References
. Normative References
. Informative References
Acknowledgements
Authors' Addresses
IntroductionThis memo updates the process for selection of Trustees for the IETF
Trust. Previously, the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC)
members also acted as Trustees, but the IAOC has been eliminated as part
of an update to the structure of the IETF Administrative Support
Activity (IASA). This memo specifies that the Trustees shall be selected
separately. See .This memo obsoletes . The changes relate only to the
selection of Trustees. All other aspects of the IETF Trust remain as
they are today. copies the
definition as it was in ,
only leaving out the part about Trustee selection and adding a reference
to the IETF Trust website.
For a discussion of why this change is needed and a rationale
for these specific changes, see .IETF TrustA Trust ("the IETF Trust") has been formed for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, maintaining, and licensing certain existing and
future intellectual property and other property used in connection
with the administration of the IETF. The Trust was formed by the
signatures of its Settlors and initial Trustees. The Settlors, who
contributed initial intellectual property to the Trust, were ISOC and
the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. The Beneficiary
of the IETF Trust is the IETF as a whole.Further details of the IETF Trust may be found at the IETF Trust's
website, <>.Selection of TrusteesThis document revises the original Trustee selection procedures
defined in and
to eliminate the requirement that Trustees be drawn from the
members of the IAOC.In this newly revised IETF Trust structure, there will be
five Trustees. Three shall be appointed by the IETF Nominating
Committee (NomCom) and confirmed by the Internet Engineering
Steering Group (IESG), one shall be appointed by the IESG, and
one shall be appointed by the Internet Society (ISOC) Board of
Trustees. The appointments by the IESG and the ISOC Board of
Trustees do not require confirmation.The IETF Trust Chair informs the nominating committee
of the Trustee positions to be reviewed. The IETF Trust will
provide a summary of the expertise desired of the Trustee
candidates to each appointing body.A change to the Trust Agreement is required to put this
change into effect, and this document requests that the current
Trustees make this change at the earliest convenient time and no
later than the end of the 104th IETF meeting in March 2019.The terms of the appointed Trustees from the IETF NomCom shall be
three years. The initial selection shall be one, two, and three
year terms in order to initially stagger the terms. The other
appointments by the IESG and the ISOC Board of Trustees shall be
two year terms, with the initial terms being one and two years,
respectively.
The goal of the staggered initial terms is to minimize potential
Trustee turnover in any single year. To maintain the
staggered terms, each appointing body may, at its discretion,
appoint Trustees for shorter terms as needed in exceptional
situations, e.g., for mid-term vacancies or when an appointment
is not ready by the time of the first IETF meeting of the year.Once the initial Trustee selections according to the
procedures in this document are complete, and at each subsequent
annual meeting of the IETF Trust (once new Trustees are seated),
the Trustees shall elect one Trustee to serve as IETF Trust Chair by a
majority vote of the IETF Trust.Trustees appointed by the IETF NomCom may be recalled according to
the recall process described in .
Trustees appointed by the IESG or by the ISOC Board of Directors may be
recalled by the appointing body. For appointments made by the IESG, the
IESG is expected to run an open selection process and to consider the
necessary skill set and conflicts of interest as part of that process.Security ConsiderationsThis memo has no security implications for the Internet.IANA ConsiderationsThis document has no IANA actions.ReferencesNormative ReferencesIAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall CommitteesStructure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)This document describes the structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) as an activity housed within the Internet Society (ISOC). It defines the roles and responsibilities of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), the IETF Administrative Director (IAD), and ISOC in the fiscal and administrative support of the IETF standards process. It also defines the membership and selection rules for the IAOC. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.BCP 101 Update for IPR TrustThis document updates BCP 101 to take account of the new IETF Intellectual Property Trust. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.Informative ReferencesIETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the IETF TrustAcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank members of the earlier IASA
2.0 design team: , , , , ,
and . The authors
would also like to thank , , , , and for interesting
discussions in this problem space. The authors would also like
to thank , ,
, , , , ,
, ,
, and for careful review. Finally, the authors would like to thank the
authors of , as the text from that RFC remains in this document.
Authors' AddressesEricssonKauniainen02700Finlandjari.arkko@piuha.netted.ietf@gmail.com