Hi Alissa,
At 09:05 05-07-10, Alissa Cooper wrote:
A few months ago I drew up a strawman proposal for a public-facing
IETF privacy policy
(http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-cooper-privacy-policy-00.txt ). I've
submitted an update based on feedback received:
http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-cooper-privacy-policy-01.txt
In discussing the policy with the IAOC and others, it seems clear that
the RFC model is probably not the best model for maintaining and
updating a document like this. It is more likely to fall within the
scope of the IAOC and/or the Trust. In order for the IAOC to consider
taking this on and devoting resources to figuring out what its format
should be, they need to hear from the community that a public-facing
privacy policy is something that the community wants. So I have two
requests for those with any interest in this:
A BCP represents community consensus. I don't see how using the RFC
publication is not the best model for maintaining and updating a document.
According to BCP 101:
"The IETF undertakes its technical activities as an ongoing, open,
consensus-based process."
"The IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) provides the
administrative structure required to support the IETF standards
process and to support the IETF's technical activities."
"The IAOC determines what IETF administrative functions are to be
performed, and how or where they should be performed (whether
internally within the IASA or by outside organizations), so as to
maintain an optimal balance of functional performance and cost of
each such function. The IAOC should document all such decisions, and
the justification for them, for review by the community."
I doubt that it is up to the IAOC to determine whether there is
consensus on a privacy policy as it is a policy and not an
administrative matter.
According to BCP 78:
"The IETF Trust was recently formed to act as the administrative
custodian of all copyrights and other intellectual property rights
relating to the IETF Standards Process that had previously been held
by ISOC and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)"
If you want community support, ask for the I-D to be published as a
RFC by putting in a request to the IETF Chair.
Regards,
-sm
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