Submission of charter for POISON

"Erik Huizer (SURFnet ExpertiseCentrum bv)" <Erik.Huizer@sec.nl> Fri, 19 July 1996 15:38 UTC

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Subject: Submission of charter for POISON
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Process for Organization of Internet StandardS ONgoing (POISSON)

Chair(s)

        Erik Huizer <Erik.Huizer@sec.nl>

General Area Director(s):

        Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>

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Description of Working Group

The POISED working group in 1993-1994 established the basis of the
IETF process in its current form. Poised95 established a base set of
documents to describe the essentials of the IETF process. POISSON will
concern itself with extending the set of RFC documents that describe
the IETF process.

The name POISSON
The tricky part of describing the IETF process, certainly in the fast
changing world of the Internet, is that when you describe the process
in too much detail, the IETF loses its flexibility, when you describe
to little it becomes unmanageable. This is therefore a slippery
subject, hence the name POISSON, which is French for fish. The French
word also serves to indicate the international aspect of the WG.
Furthermore
the IETF operates by concensus, which sometimes seems to have a POISSON
distribution.

The POISSON WG will work on the following items:
- WG and Area procedures; This is to become a BCP document that describes the
  procedures that the IETF has for WG formation and operation, and for Area
  Directors. This is an essential formalisation and update of RFC1603. The
  document should additionally include issues like:
        -       WG editor definition
        -       WG chair (de)selection
        -       WG ethics
  Proposed editors: Scott Bradner and Erik Huizer

- Standards process; The standards process document as produced by Poised95 is
  not yet complete. The document needs to be updated with specific regard to
  the standards document structure categorization and publication.
  Proposed editor: Scott Bradner

- Nomcom procedures; The Nomcom procedures document as produced by Poised95 may
  need updating as a result of nomcom experience early 1997. If this is the
  case, the POISSON WG will take it upon itself to update the document. If not
  the POISSON WG will not work on this.
  Proposed editor: Jim Galvin

- Code of conduct; based on the Internet-draft:
  draft-odell-code-of-conduct-00.txt the POISSON WG will produce a code of
  conduct for the IETF. proposed editor: Mike O'Dell

Furthermore, the POISSON WG will review 
documents that are related to the IETF standards process (but that will
not be produced by the POISSON WG itself) when available. 
Such documents may include:
- IETF Charter; This needs to be written by the IETF chair. It is essentially a
  short mission statement like document that contains references to 
  other Poised documents for further details.

- IESG Charter; This document will be written by the IESG.

- IAB Charter; The IAB needs to revise its charter (RFC1601).

- ISOC Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; These need to be published as
  RFC(s).

- The IRTF charter.

As befits an international organization, POISSON will meet in Montreal
(just outside the USA), San Jose (USA) and Memphis (USA) to try and
gauge a rough consensus on these issues and develop guidelines and
drafts for the appropriate documents.


Goals and milestones

Oct 96          draft of RFC1603bis published
                draft IESG charter published
                IETF charter published
                draft revision of standards process published
                draft-odell-code-of-conduct-01.txt published

Dec 96          revised draft of RFC1603bis published
                revised draft of standards process published
                meeting in San Jose

Mar 97          draft revision of Nomcom procedures published
                submission of code of conduct draft to IESG

Apr 97          meeting in Memphis

May 97          submission of standards process, nomcom procedures and
                RFC1603bis documents to IESG for publication as BCPs