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Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation

"Aaron Falk" <aaron.falk@gmail.com> Wed, 19 June 2019 02:52 UTC

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From: Aaron Falk <aaron.falk@gmail.com>
To: Sarah B <sbanks@encrypted.net>, IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>, IAB IAB <iab@iab.org>, IAB Executive Administrative Manager <execd@iab.org>, LLC-Board@ietf.org
Subject: Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:52:26 -0400
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I’m not sure whether my question below should be addressed to the 
RSOC, IAB, IETF Exec Dir, or IETF LLC, so maybe one of them will 
enlighten me.

Regarding

> Although the RSOC had recommended renewing the RFC Series Editor (RSE) 
> contract for another two years, and then put the contract back out to 
> bid in 2021 expressly for the purposes of  refining our RFP process

I’m wondering what exactly it means to put a contract out to bid “to 
refine the RFP process”.  For example, is someone bidding on the RSE 
contract supposed to assume they are just providing information and not 
actually going to be a candidate for the award? (Is that even legal?)  
Or, should we presume that this is an actual competition for the RSE 
work?  I can’t understand how you can solicit bids for the RSE but say 
is is just to refine the process.   Can someone explain this curious 
wording?

If the goal is to replace the current RSE, perhaps someone can explain 
why.

--aaron

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