Protocol Action: IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall to BCP
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall' <draft-ietf-poisson-nomcom-v2-01.txt> as a BCP. In the same action, the IESG approved publication of Publicly Verifiable Nomcom Random Selection <draft-eastlake-selection-04.txt> as an Informational RFC. These documents are the product of the Process for Organization of Internet Standards ONgoing Working Group. The IESG contact person is Fred Baker. Technical Summary IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall documents the process by which the members of the IAB and IESG are selected, confirmed, and recalled is specified. This document is a self- consistent, organized compilation of the process as it was known at the time of publication. Publicly Verifiable Nomcom Random Selection describes a method for making random selections in such a way that the unbiased nature of the choice is publicly verifiable. As an example, the selection of the voting members of the IETF Nominations Committee from the pool of eligible volunteers is used. Similar techniques would be applicable to other cases. Protocol Quality This draft was reviewed for utility and representation of the known process by Randy Bush. Note to RFC Editor The IESG requests the RFC Editor to make two minor editing changes before publishing draft-ietf-poisson-nomcom-v2: 1. In Section 2, subsection (6), the last paragraph should be changed from: It is consistent with this rule for nominating committee members who have served on prior nominating committees to advise the current committee on the deliberations and results of the prior committee, as necessary and appropriate. to: It is consistent with this rule for current nominating committee members who have served on prior nominating committees to advise the current committee on the deliberations and results of the prior committee, as necessary and appropriate. 2. In Section 3, subsection (7), the text "in favor of a specific outcome." should be appended at the end of the second paragraph. The end result will be: A method is fair if each eligible volunteer is equally likely to be selected. A method is unbiased if no one can influence its outcome in favor of a specific outcome.