IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0:
Consolidated Updates to IETF Administrative Terminology
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General
IASA2
IASA
In 2018, the IETF began the transition to a new
administrative structure and updated its IETF
Administrative Support Activity (IASA) to a new "IASA 2.0"
structure.
In addition to more substantive changes that are described in
other documents, the transition to the 2018 IETF
Administrative Support structure changes several position
titles and organizational relationships that are referenced
elsewhere. Rather than reissue those referencing documents
individually,
this specification provides updates to them and deprecates
some now-obsolete documents to ensure that
there is no confusion due to these changes.
Introduction
In 2018, the IETF began the transition to a new
administrative structure, and updated its IETF
Administrative Support Activity (IASA) to a new "IASA 2.0"
structure . Key
IASA 2.0 changes have been
specified in a series of documents, including
changes to the IETF Trust ,
the rationale for it ,
a new defining document for the IETF Administration LLC (informally called the "IETF
LLC" or just "the LLC" in places in this document and elsewhere),
and adjustments to the procedures for nominations and
selections for relevant positions
.
In addition to more substantive changes that are described in
those and other documents, the IASA 2.0 structure changes
several position titles and organizational relationships that
are referenced in other documents. Rather than reissue those
documents individually, this document provides a unified
update to them.
This document updates RFCs 2028, 2418, 3005, 3710, 3929,
4633, and 6702 (citations in context below)
to make those terminology and related changes. In addition,
with the authorization of the IAB, it requests
that the Informational RFC 3716 be made
Historic (see ).
The sections that follow identify the details of the
relevant documents and the required changes.
Where Appropriate, Replacement of the IETF Executive Director Position with the Managing Director, IETF Secretariat
Under the IASA 2.0 structure, most of the responsibilities
of the former position of IETF
Executive Director have been assigned to a new position (or at
least title) of Managing Director, IETF Secretariat.
An "Executive Director" title is now associated with
different, and largely new, responsibilities as an officer
of the IETF Administration
LLC. These changes are covered in the description of the
new structural arrangements .
This document applies that change to the following:
- RFC 2028, "The Organizations Involved in the IETF
Standards Process", .
- RFC 2418, "IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures",
.
- RFC 3710, "An IESG Charter",
.
- RFC 3929, "Alternative Decision Making Processes for
Consensus-Blocked Decisions in the IETF",
, Sections
and
(twice).
- RFC 4633, "Experiment in Long-Term Suspensions From
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mailing
Lists", .
- RFC 6702, "Promoting Compliance with Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules",
.
Note that the current description of the Internet
Standards Process does not
require an update by this document for this purpose
because the reference
to the IETF Executive Director in RFC 2026 was replaced
by a document that precedes the current
effort, and that document was, in turn,
obsoleted by RFC 8179.
Removal of the IETF Executive Director as an Option
In a few cases, it is no longer appropriate for either the
Managing Director, IETF Secretariat (former IETF Executive
Director position) or the new IETF Executive Director (for
the LLC) to perform a particular historical function.
The relevant documents are updated to remove
the IETF Executive Director from the list of people with
specific responsibilities or authority. Those documents
will not be updated to use "Managing Director, IETF
Secretariat" but, instead, the mention of the position will
simply be dropped.
This document applies that change to the following:
- RFC 3005, "IETF Discussion List Charter"
, section titled "Charter for
the IETF Discussion List". This document is modified
to remove the authorization for the IETF Executive
Director to restrict people from posting, etc.
Deprecated Documents
Documents Whose Context Is Changed by This Specification
Both of the documents that follow were obsoleted in 2017
by RFC 8179, which changed
mentions of the IETF Executive Director to point to
the IETF Secretariat more generally.
General Description of the IETF Administrative Model
RFC 3716 was a
report of an IAB Advisory Committee that served as a
starting point for the work that led to the original
IASA structure. That report was an IAB document
rather than an IETF one. The IAB approved a proposal
to move RFC 3716 to Historic on March 6, 2019
.
Security Considerations
The changes specified in this document are matters of
terminology and organizational structure derived from
documents it references. It should have no effect on
Internet security.
References
Normative References
Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity, Version 2.0
Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for
the IETF Trust
IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Update to the
Process for Selection of Trustees for the IETF Trust
Limited Liability Company Agreement of IETF Administration LLC
IETF Administration LLC
IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection,
Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating
and Recall Committees
Informative References
IAB Minutes 2019-03-06
Internet Architecture Board
Acknowledgments
careful checking and identification of
documents that did, and did not, require consideration was
essential to the document in its current form. He also made
several other significant contributions. also
gave the document a careful reading and made useful
suggestions. In additional to the above, ,
, (the RFC Series Editor), and the
current membership to the IAB helped sort out the handing of
RFC 3716.
Contributors
did the hard work of identifying the
documents that required updating and supplied considerable
text used in this document.