The IAB extends many thanks to the community members that were willing to serve
on the RSOC for their ongoing support of the RFC Series and the RFC Series
Editor.
After reviewing the strong list of individuals who offered to serve on the
RSOC, the IAB is appointing two people to the RSOC:
Sarah Banks
Robert Sparks
The IAB sincerely thanks all of the people that offered to serve on the RSOC.
On behalf of the IAB,
Russ Housley
IAB Chair
On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:29 AM, IAB Chair wrote:
As specified in "RFC Editor Model (Version 2)" (RFC 6635), the IAB is
responsible for appointing the members of the RFC Series Oversight Committee
(RSOC). Bernard Aboba has stepped down from his role on the RSOC. The IAB
thanks him for his service.
The IAB is now looking for a community member to appoint to the RSOC. This
message is a call for nominations for that position. If you are interested,
or there is someone you know of who would make a good member, please nominate
yourself or that person.
As noted in RFC 6635, the RSOC, which currently includes two IAB members,
acts with authority delegated from the IAB, and the RSOC is responsible for
approving consensus policy and vision documents developed by the RFC Series
Editor (RSE) in collaboration with the community. The RSOC is also
responsible for ensuring that the RFC Series is run in a transparent and
accountable manner. For decisions that affect the RFC Series Editor
individually, the RSOC prepares recommendations for the IAB, such as
preparing the performance reviews of the RSE. RSOC members are expected to
recognize potential conflicts of interest and behave accordingly.
If you would like to nominate a candidate for membership in the RSOC, please
send information on the candidate, including their email address, to
iab-chair at iab.org and execd at iab.org. Self-nominations are acceptable.
The current membership of the RSOC can be seen at
http://www.iab.org/activities/programs/rfc-editor-program/.
Nominations should be received by 8 April 2014.
The IAB will confirm individuals willingness to be considered, and publish
the resulting list so that the community can provide comments before the IAB
makes any decisions on RSOC membership.
The new member will begin serving on the RSOC as soon as the IAB completes
the selection process.
For the information of potential nominees, the RSOC will be having a half-day
face-to-face meeting in Toronto on 19 July 2014, the Saturday before IETF 90.
The current focus of the RSOC is on:
1) Overseeing and assisting the RSE in the process of evoling the RFC format
and style.
2) Periodic reviews of the RFSE performance.
3) Working with the RSE and the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee
(IAOC) on the statements of work for contracts related to the RFC Production
Center and RFC Publisher.
The RSOC usually meets virtually once a month for an hour, a lunch at every
IETF meeting, and a half day in-person meeting once a year (usually scheduled
the weekend before an IETF meeting at the same venue (as noted above the next
one will be in Toronto). More time may be required if the applicant
participates in leadership of the committee, design teams, or other related
activities. RSOC members are expected to follow the rfc-interest mailing
list, a usually low-volume list for internal communication, and to be
familiar with discussion topics related to the RFC series on the
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org list.
Thank you,
Russ Housley
IAB Chair