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Process for Organization of Internet StandardS ONg (poisson)
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Charter
Last Modified: 24-Jul-97
Current Status: Active Working Group
Chair(s):
Erik Huizer <Erik.Huizer@sec.nl>
General Area Director(s):
Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
General Area Advisor:
Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
Mailing Lists:
General Discussion:poised@tis.com
To Subscribe: poised-request@tis.com
Archive: ftp://ftp.tis.com/pub/lists/poised/poised.yymm
Description of Working Group:
The POISED working group in 1993-1994 established the basis of the IETF
process in its current form. Poised95 established a base set of
documents to describe the essentials of the IETF process. POISSON will
concern itself with extending the set of RFC documents that describe
the IETF process.
The name POISSON:
The tricky part of describing the IETF process, certainly in the fast
changing world of the Internet, is that when you describe the process
in too much detail, the IETF loses its flexibility, when you describe
to little it becomes unmanageable. This is therefore a slippery
subject, hence the name POISSON, which is French for fish. The French
word also serves to indicate the international aspect of the WG.
Furthermore the IETF operates by concensus, which sometimes seems to
have a POISSON distribution.
The POISSON WG will work on the following items:
- WG and Area procedures; This is to become a BCP document that
describes the procedures that the IETF has for WG formation and
operation, and for Area Directors. This is an essential formalisation
and update of RFC1603. The document should additionally include
issues like:
- WG editor definition
- WG chair (de)selection
- WG ethics
Proposed editors: Scott Bradner and Erik Huizer
- Standards process; The standards process document as produced by
Poised95 is not yet complete. The document needs to be updated with
specific regard to the standards document structure categorization
and publication.
Proposed editor: Scott Bradner
- Nomcom procedures; The Nomcom procedures document as produced by
Poised95 may need updating as a result of nomcom experience early
1997. If this is the case, the POISSON WG will take it upon itself to
update the document. If not the POISSON WG will not work on this.
Proposed editor: Jim Galvin
- Code of conduct; based on the Internet-draft:
draft-odell-code-of-conduct-00.txt the POISSON WG will produce a code
of conduct for the IETF.
Proposed editor: Mike O'Dell
Furthermore, the POISSON WG will review documents that are related to
the IETF standards process (but that will not be produced by the
POISSON WG itself) when available. Such documents may include:
- IETF Charter; This needs to be written by the IETF chair. It is
essentially a short mission statement like document that contains
references to other Poised documents for further details.
- IESG Charter; This document will be written by the IESG.
- IAB Charter; The IAB needs to revise its charter (RFC1601).
- ISOC Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; These need to be published
as RFC(s).
- The IRTF charter.
POISSON will meet in San Jose and Memphis to try and gauge a rough
consensus on these issues and develop guidelines and drafts for the
appropriate documents.
Goals and Milestones:
Oct 96 Submit draft-odell-code-of-conduct-01.txt to IESG for
publication as an RFC.
Oct 96 Submit Internet-Draft revising RFC1603
Oct 96 Submit Internet-Draft with revisions to standards process
Oct 96 Submit Internet-Draft of IETF Charter
Dec 96 Submit revised Intenet-Draft of WG Guidelines
Dec 96 meet in San Jose
Dec 96 Submit revised Internet-Draft of standards process
Mar 97 Submit Internet-Draft revision of Nomcom procedures
Mar 97 Submit code-of-conduct to IESG for publication as an RFC
Apr 97 Meet in Memphis
May 97 Submit Internet-Drafts on WG Guidelines, Standards Process, and
NOMCOMM to IESG for publication as BCPs
Internet-Drafts:
Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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Mar 97 Sep 97 <draft-ietf-poisson-wg-guide-01.txt>
IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
Jul 97 Aug 97 <draft-ietf-poisson-nomcom-02.txt>
IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process:
Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
Request For Comments:
None to date.