Re: [auth48] AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9280 <draft-iab-rfcefdp-rfced-model-13> for your review

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Hi Peter,

On 23.06.22 20:33, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Hi Rebecca,
>
> Thanks for your work on this important document.
>
> Here are a few proposed edits. I would like the Program chairs and the 
> IAB to make sure they are comfortable with these changes before you 
> make these edits.
>
> SECTION 3.1.1.2
>
> OLD
>    software or hardware systems that implement RFCs, authors of RFCs and
>    Internet-Drafts, developers of tools used to author or edit RFCs,
>
> NEW
>    software or hardware systems that implement RFCs, authors of RFCs and
>    Internet-Drafts, developers of tools used to author or edit RFCs and
>    Internet-Drafts,
>
> RATIONALE: I don't think it was deliberate for us to leave out 
> developers of tools used to author Internet-Drafts, however there *is* 
> a difference (many tools are used to author Internet-Drafts but a 
> smaller set of tools is used by the RPC to edit RFCs for publication).

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, so the change to me is a 
wash, one way or another.


>
> SECTION 3.1.2.3
>
> The following two sentences are in potential conflict:
>
> 3.1.2.3
>
>    The appointing bodies, i.e., the stream approving bodies (IESG, IAB,
>    IRTF Chair, and ISE), shall determine their own processes for
>    appointing RSAB members (note that processes related to the RSCE are
>    described in Section 5).
>
> 4.4
>
>    *  If there is a conflict with a policy for a particular stream, to
>       help achieve a resolution, the RPC should consult with the
>       relevant stream approving body (such as the IESG or IRSG) and
>       other representatives of the relevant stream as appropriate.
>
> In 3.1.2.3, the IRTF Chair is described as a stream approving body 
> (!), whereas in 4.4 the IRSG is described as a stream approving body. 
> I suggest that we remove mention of stream approving bodies in 3.1.2.3 
> and make the following change.
>
> OLD
>
>    The appointing bodies, i.e., the stream approving bodies (IESG, IAB,
>    IRTF Chair, and ISE), shall determine their own processes for
>    appointing RSAB members (note that processes related to the RSCE are
>    described in Section 5).
>
> NEW
>
>    The appointing bodies (i.e., IESG, IAB, IRTF Chair, and ISE), shall
>    determine their own processes for appointing RSAB members (note that
>    processes related to the RSCE are described in Section 5).


I think it's better just to make a change to section 4.4 as follows:

>    * If there is a conflict with a policy for a particular stream, to
>       help achieve a resolution, the RPC should consult with
>       representatives of the relevant streams as appropriate. 

Eliot