[Rfced-future] Next Step - proposals?

[Brian Rosen <[e-mail]>]

Dear colleagues,

The chairs would like to thank you for participating in the IETF 108 meeting of the RFC Editor Futures program.  We learned quite a bit at that meeting, not the least of which was that the group is not yet prepared to choose a direction.

Therefore, what we are thinking is that the next step should be for people to develop fleshed out proposals.  It would be good to have several alternatives that explore the different philosophies that have been expressed in the group.  Each proposal should be very clear on a few points:

Overall motivation and philosophy
What each proposed entity is responsible for
What the relationship of each entity is to other entities 
What accountability, selection, and transparency mechanisms are in play for each entity

The next step would be for us to discuss these proposals and see if we can find some common ground.  Our thinking is that we would appoint a neutral editor to document that common ground, which could come from any proposal.

The timing for any interim to discuss these depends very much on having proposals.  There are some drafts already of course, and we hope we can have more soon.

Thoughts?

Eliot and Brian