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Future activities

   Both the IESG and IAB have selected the positions which must be
   filled through the new selection process.  As I write this, Vint Cerf
   has been working to find a chair for the nominations committee, and
   the process should move forward during January and February.
   Communications on the details of the nomination process will be
   published on the IETF mailing list and possibly other forums.  As
   described above, the selection process should be complete well before
   the next IETF meeting, and preferably by the end of February.

   The other open agenda item is the draft of a new charter for the IAB
   and IETF and adoption of the charter by the ISOC.  This is the next
   order of business for the POISED WG.

ATTACHMENT 1: Message from Vint Cerf to the IETF, et al.

   To: [e-mail]
   Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
           internet-society-trustees:;@IETF.NRI.Reston.VA.US,
           internet-society-members:;@IETF.NRI.Reston.VA.US,
           [e-mail]
   Subject: Request for Recommendations
   Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:46:48 -0400
   From: [e-mail]
   Message-Id:  <[e-mail]>




   To:      IETF Chairman
   CC:      IAB, IETF, IRTF, ISOC Trustees, and ISOC Members
   From:    President, Internet Society
   Subject: Request for Recommendations on IAB/IETF/IRTF/ISOC Procedures

Introduction

   In June, 1992, The Internet Society Board of Trustees received a
   proposed charter for an Internet Architecture Board to be created
   within the Internet Society. The new Internet Architecture Board was
   envisioned to be made up of the then current members of the Internet
   Activities Board. The functions of the IETF and the IRTF would be
   brought under the umbrella of the Internet Society as elements of the
   newly chartered Internet Architecture Board. The Trustees voted to
   accept the proposed charter, which is contained in RFC 1358.

   In the period between June and July, a great deal of discussion
   occurred both by email and at the IETF meeting in Boston about the



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   procedures by which the IAB, IETF, and IRTF should work together
   under the general umbrella of the Internet Society. Among the many
   points raised, three seemed particularly important to consider:

      1. Procedures for making appointments to the Internet Architecture
         Board.

      2. Procedures for resolving disagreements among the IETF, IESG,
         and IAB in matters pertaining to the Internet Standards.

      3. Methods for ensuring that for any particular Internet Standard,
         procedures have been followed satisfactorily by all parties
         so that everyone with an interest has had a fair opportunity
         to be heard.

   Effective discussion of these issues requires the availability of an
   open venue, an opportunity to comment by email, and the possibility
   of conducting face-to-face meetings. Recognizing this, the IAB has
   recommended that the most effective means available to the Internet
   Community for gathering recommendations for refining our existing
   procedures is to request that an IETF Working Group be formed.

   I am pleased to make this request of the IETF to create such a WG.
   It would be extremely helpful to have recommendations on the three
   topics listed above by the first of December, 1992, in time to be
   presented at the Internet Society Board of Trustees meeting scheduled
   for December 10th.

   With respect to point 1 above, the current procedures for making IAB
   appointments are contained in the IAB charter (RFC 1358). RFC 1310
   contains a description of the current process by which Internet
   Standards are achieved. Points (2) and (3) could be discussed in the
   context of the present procedures described in RFC 1310, which
   recognizes a number of open issues in an appendix.

   The Internet Society Trustees hope that members of the IAB, IRTF,
   IESG, and IETF, as well as general members of the Internet Society,
   will take the time to share their thoughts in the proposed working
   group forum. It is vital to the future of the Internet that these key
   groups work together well. Certainly, the Internet Society Trustees
   are committed to doing everything possible to facilitate effective
   procedures and to preserve and enhance the special spirit of the
   Internet Community which has created and maintains the health and
   growth of the global Internet.

   Vint Cerf
   President
   Internet Society



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Process for Organization of Internet Standards (poised)

   Charter

   Chair(s):
        Steve Crocker  <[e-mail]>

   Mailing lists:
        General Discussion:[e-mail]
        To Subscribe:      [e-mail]
        Archive:           nri.reston.va.us:~/poised/current

   Description of Working Group:

          The goal of this working group is to examine the Internet
          standards process and the responsibilities of the IAB, with
          attention to the relationship between the IAB and IETF/IESG.

          The need for this working group was suggested during
          discussions at the July 1992 IETF.  This led to a request
          from the Internet Society president to form such a working
          group.

           The WG will consider the following matters:

            1. Procedures for making appointments to the Internet
               Architecture Board.

            2. Procedures for resolving disagreements among IETF, IESG
               and IAB in matters pertaining to the Internet Standards.

            3. Methods for assuring that for any particular Internet
               Standard, procedures have been followed satisfactorily by
               all parties so that everyone with an interest has had a
               fair opportunity to be heard.


            The WG will begin with a review of the procedures for making
            IAB appointments as documented in RFC 1358 and a review of
            the standards-making process documented in RFC 1310.

            The WG has a goal of issuing a final report in time for IESG
            consideration and publication as an RFC before the
            ISOC Board of Trustee's meeting in December 1992.  Given the
            compressed timescale, the WG will conduct most of its
            deliberations by electronic mail on the POISED WG mailing
            list.   There will also be a preliminary report and
            discussions at the November 1992 IETF meeting in



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            Washington, DC.

            This will be a normal IETF WG, i.e. the mailing list and all
            discussions will be completely open.

   Goals and Milestones:

      Sep 92 Gather initial set of issues and write a preliminary
             report.

      Oct 92 Post as an Internet Draft the initial recommendations to
             the ISOC Board.

      Nov 92 Open discussion and presentation of the work of the POISED
             Working Group at Washington D.C. IETF meeting.

      Dec 92 Submit the recommendations document to the IESG for posting
             as an Informational RFC.  This document will be
             subsequently transmitted to the ISOC Board.
































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Security Considerations

   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Author's Address

   Stephen D. Crocker
   Trusted Information Systems, Inc.
   3060 Washington Road
   Glenwood, MD 21738

   Phone: [phone]

   Email: [e-mail]





































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