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+Network Working Group Internet Architecture Board
+Request for Comments: 2850 B. Carpenter, Editor
+Obsoletes: 1601 May 2000
+BCP: 39
+Category: Best Current Practice
+
+
+ Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
+
+Status of this Memo
+
+ This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
+ Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+ improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
+
+Copyright Notice
+
+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
+
+Abstract
+
+ This memo documents the composition, selection, roles, and
+ organization of the Internet Architecture Board. It replaces RFC
+ 1601.
+
+Table of Contents:
+
+ 1. IAB Membership...............................................2
+ 1.1 Selection of full IAB members..............................2
+ 1.2 Ex-Officio and Liaison members..............................2
+ 2. The Role of the IAB.........................................3
+ 2.1 Architectural oversight in more detail......................4
+ 3. IAB Organization.............................................5
+ 3.1 IAB chair...................................................5
+ 3.2 Executive Director..........................................5
+ 3.3 Selection of the IRTF chair.................................5
+ 3.4 Liaisons within the IETF....................................5
+ 3.5 Decision taking.............................................6
+ 3.6 Openness and confidentiality................................6
+ Security Considerations.........................................6
+ Summary of Changes from RFC 1601................................6
+ References......................................................7
+ Author's Address................................................7
+ Full Copyright Statement........................................8
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+IAB Best Current Practice [Page 1]
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+RFC 2850 IAB Charter May 2000
+
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+1. IAB Membership
+
+ The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) shall consist of thirteen full
+ members, composed of the chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force
+ (IETF), and of twelve sitting members. The IETF chair, who is also
+ the chair of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), may
+ participate in all official IAB actions except the approval of IESG
+ members and appeals against IESG decisions. Ex-officio and liaison
+ members of the IAB may also attend IAB meetings but shall not
+ participate in determination of official actions.
+
+ Members of the IAB shall serve as individuals, and not as
+ representatives of any company, agency, or other organization.
+ Members of the IAB shall owe no fiduciary duty of loyalty or care to
+ IAB, IETF, IRTF or IESG.
+
+1.1 Selection of full IAB members
+
+ Full IAB members, including the IETF chair, are selected and
+ appointed according to the procedures defined in [BCP 10] . Normally,
+ six sitting members are appointed each year to sit for two years, and
+ the IETF chair is appointed every two years.
+
+ There is no limit to the number of terms that a member of the IAB may
+ serve, subject to the process defined by [BCP 10].
+
+ Mid-term vacancies are filled as defined in [BCP 10] and do not
+ affect the IAB's power to take decisions.
+
+1.2 Ex-Officio and Liaison members
+
+ Ex-officio and liaison members of the IAB have no standing to
+ participate in IAB decisions but are expected to participate in IAB
+ discussions as appropriate to their roles. However, an ex-officio
+ position may be held by a full member, who does not thereby lose his
+ or her standing to participate in IAB decisions.
+
+ The chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an ex-officio
+ member of the IAB. The IAB has an Executive Director who is an ex-
+ officio member of the IAB.
+
+ The Internet Society, the RFC Editor, the IANA and the IESG each
+ appoints a liaison member to the IAB. These liaison positions may not
+ be held by a full member of the IAB.
+
+ Vacancies in the liaison and ex officio positions do not affect the
+ IAB's power to take decisions.
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+IAB Best Current Practice [Page 2]
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+RFC 2850 IAB Charter May 2000
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+2. The Role of the IAB
+
+ The IAB is chartered both as a committee of the IETF and as an
+ advisory body of the Internet Society. Its responsibilities include:
+
+ (a) IESG Appointment
+
+ The IETF nominating committee established under [BCP 10] annually
+ provides a list of candidates for vacant IESG seats and for the IETF
+ Chair if vacant. The IAB reviews the candidates, consenting to some,
+ all, or none.
+
+ (b) Architectural Oversight
+
+ The IAB provides oversight of the architecture for the protocols and
+ procedures used by the Internet. This point is expanded in Section
+ 2.1 below.
+
+ (c) Standards Process Oversight and Appeal
+
+ The IAB provides oversight of the process used to create Internet
+ Standards [BCP 9].
+
+ The IAB serves as an appeal board for complaints of improper
+ execution of the standards process, with powers defined in [BCP 9].
+
+ (d) RFC Series and IANA
+
+ The RFC Editor executes editorial management and publication of the
+ IETF "Request for Comment" (RFC) document series, which is the
+ permanent document repository of the IETF. The RFC series
+ constitutes the archival publication channel for Internet Standards
+ and for other contributions by the Internet research and engineering
+ community. RFCs are available free of charge to anyone via the
+ Internet. The IAB must approve the appointment of an organization to
+ act as RFC Editor and the general policy followed by the RFC Editor.
+
+ The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administers various
+ protocol parameters used by IETF protocols, delegating this
+ administration as appropriate. The IAB must approve the appointment
+ of an organization to act as IANA on behalf of the IETF. The IANA
+ takes technical direction on IETF protocols from the IESG.
+
+ (e) ISOC Liaison
+
+ The IAB acts as a source of advice and guidance to the Board of
+ Trustees and Officers of the Internet Society concerning technical,
+ architectural, procedural, and (where appropriate) policy matters
+
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+IAB Best Current Practice [Page 3]
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+RFC 2850 IAB Charter May 2000
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+ pertaining to the Internet and its enabling technologies. If
+ necessary the IAB may convene panels of knowledgeable people, hold
+ hearings, and otherwise pursue the investigation of specific
+ questions or topics presented to it by the Internet Society.
+
+ (f) External Liaison
+
+ The IAB acts as representative of the interests of the IETF and the
+ Internet Society in technical liaison relationships with other
+ organizations concerned with standards and other technical and
+ organizational issues relevant to the world-wide Internet. Liaisons
+ are kept as informal as possible and must be of demonstrable value in
+ improving the quality of IETF specifications. Individual members of
+ the IETF are appointed as liaisons to other organizations by the IAB
+ or IESG as appropriate.
+
+2.1 Architectural oversight in more detail
+
+ A major role of the IAB is long range planning and coordination
+ between different areas of IETF activity. The IAB, both collectively
+ and on an individual basis, is expected to pay attention to important
+ long-term issues in the Internet, and to make sure that these issues
+ are brought to the attention of the group(s) that are in a position
+ to address them. It is also expected to play a role in assuring that
+ the people responsible for evolving the Internet and its technology
+ are aware of the essential elements of the Internet architecture.
+
+ IAB members pay special attention to emerging activities in the IETF
+ and to "Birds of a Feather" sessions at IETF meetings. The IAB
+ assists the IESG in evaluating such activities and in determining
+ whether an IETF or an IRTF group is more appropriate. When a new
+ IETF working group is proposed, the IESG will forward a preliminary
+ version of the charter to the IAB for review of architectural
+ consistency and integrity. The IAB shall review these proposed
+ charters and give feedback to the IESG as appropriate.
+
+ Pursuant to the architectural oversight function, the IAB sponsors
+ and organizes the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) [BCP 8]. The
+ IAB reviews proposed IRTF groups.
+
+ The IAB will convene invitational workshops to perform in-depth
+ reviews of particular architectural issues. Such reviews may include
+ consideration of relevant IETF and IRTF activities, and of work in
+ other organizations, and for this purpose the workshop may invite
+ presentations by qualified parties on the design goals and decisions,
+ technology choices, and other pertinent aspects of these activities.
+ The results of such a review will be a report which may give advice
+ to the IETF community and the IESG.
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+IAB Best Current Practice [Page 4]
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+RFC 2850 IAB Charter May 2000
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+ The IAB may organize ad hoc bodies of independent technical experts
+ to adjudicate technical disputes.
+
+3. IAB Organization
+
+3.1 IAB chair
+
+ The members of the IAB shall select one of its full members to serve
+ as the chair of the IAB, with all of the duties and responsibilities
+ normally associated with such a position. The term of the IAB chair
+ shall be one year, with no restriction on renewal. The chair of the
+ IAB may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of two-thirds
+ of the members of the IAB, or as a result of his or her departure
+ from the IAB.
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+ The chair of the IAB shall have the authority to manage the
+ activities and meetings of the IAB.
+
+3.2 Executive Director
+
+ The chair of the IAB shall have the authority to appoint an honorary
+ Executive Director (ExecD) for a one-year renewable term, and to
+ remove him or her. The ExecD shall administer the internal operation
+ of the IAB, e.g., organization of meetings and reporting of their
+ results.
+
+ The ExecD is an ex-officio member as defined in Section 1.2.
+
+3.3 Selection of the IRTF chair
+
+ The IAB shall have the authority to appoint the chair of the Internet
+ Research Task Force (IRTF) for a two-year renewable term, and to
+ remove him or her. The IRTF chair shall be responsible for the
+ management and organization of the IRTF according to [BCP 8].
+
+ The IRTF chair is an ex-officio member as defined in Section 1.2.
+
+3.4 Liaisons within the IETF
+
+ The chair of the IAB and another full IAB member (other than the IETF
+ chair), to be selected by the IAB, shall serve as liaisons to the
+ IESG. In addition, the IESG will appoint one of its members (other
+ than the IETF chair) to serve as a liaison to the IAB. The IESG
+ liaison may attend IAB meetings.
+
+ Vacancies in these liaison seats have no effect on the IAB's or the
+ IESG's powers to make decisions.
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+RFC 2850 IAB Charter May 2000
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+3.5 Decision taking
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+ The IAB attempts to reach all decisions unanimously. If unanimity
+ cannot be achieved, the chair may conduct informal polls to determine
+ consensus. The IAB may make decisions and take action if at least
+ seven full members concur and there are no more than two dissents.
+
+ The IAB may reach decisions by face to face meeting, teleconference,
+ Internet communication, or any combination of the above.
+
+3.6 Openness and confidentiality
+
+ The IAB publishes minutes of all its meetings on the Internet, and
+ conducts an open meeting at every IETF meeting. It publishes all its
+ findings as RFCs, Internet Drafts or messages to the IETF mailing
+ list. However, discussion of personnel matters and possibly legal and
+ financial matters may sometimes be required to be kept confidential,
+ and the chair may, with the consent of the full members, exclude
+ liaison and ex officio members from such discussions.
+
+ Specifically, the IAB makes use of the second level domain iab.org
+ and the URL http://www.iab.org to publish information.
+
+Security Considerations
+
+ This memo does not raise any known security threats.
+
+Summary of Changes from RFC 1601
+
+ This document replaces [RFC 1601]. The principal change is the
+ removal of material now covered in [BCP 8], [BCP 9] and [BCP 10],
+ with many consequent editorial changes. Additional changes are:
+
+ - description of decision making when unanimity cannot be achieved
+ - note on openness and confidentiality
+ - addition of liaison seats for the Internet Society and the IANA
+ - revised text concerning the IANA and the RFC Editor
+ - clarifications following legal review
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+References
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+ [RFC 1601] Huitema, C., "Charter of the Internet Architecture Board
+ (IAB)", RFC 1601, March 1994.
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+ [BCP 8] Weinrib, A., and J. Postel, "IRTF Research Group
+ Guidelines and Procedures", BCP 8, RFC 2014, October
+ 1996.
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+ [BCP 9] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
+ 3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
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+ [BCP 10] Galvin, J., "IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and
+ Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall
+ Committees", BCP 10, RFC 2282, February 1998.
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+Author's Address
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+ Brian E. Carpenter
+ IBM
+ c/o iCAIR
+ Suite 150
+ 1890 Maple Avenue
+ Evanston IL 60201
+ USA
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+ EMail: brian@icair.org
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+Full Copyright Statement
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+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
+
+ This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
+ others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
+ or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published
+ and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any
+ kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
+ included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this
+ document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing
+ the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other
+ Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of
+ developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for
+ copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be
+ followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than
+ English.
+
+ The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
+ revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.
+
+ This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
+ "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING
+ TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
+ BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION
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+Acknowledgement
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+ Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the
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