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- Network Working Group L. Chapin, Chair
- Request for Comments: 1358 Internet Architecture Board
- August 1992
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- Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
- not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
- unlimited.
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- Section 1.
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- The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) shall be constituted and shall
- operate as a technical advisory group of the Internet Society. Its
- responsibilities shall include:
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- (1) Expert and experienced oversight of the architecture of the
- worldwide multiprotocol Internet.
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- (2) The editorial management and publication of the Request for
- Comments (RFC) document series, which constitutes the
- archival publication series for Internet Standards and
- related contributions by the Internet research and
- engineering community.
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- (3) The development, review, and approval of Internet
- Standards, according to a well-defined and documented set
- of "Procedures for Internet Standardization". Internet
- Standards shall be published in the form of specifications
- as part of the RFC series.
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- (4) The provision of advice and guidance to the Board of Trustees
- and Officers of the Internet Society concerning technical,
- architectural, procedural, and (where appropriate) policy
- matters pertaining to the Internet and its enabling
- technologies.
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- (5) Representation of the interests of the Internet Society in
- liaison relationships with other organizations.
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- The IAB may be charged with additional responsibilities within the
- Internet Society, or undertake additional specific activities from
- time to time, as the needs and requirements of the Internet Society
- demand.
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- IAB [Page 1]
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- RFC 1358 Charter of the IAB August 1992
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- Section 2.
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- The IAB shall consist of a number of members not to exceed 15.
- Members of the IAB shall serve in that capacity as individuals, and
- not as representatives of any company, agency, or other organization.
- Individuals shall be nominated for membership by:
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- (a) the IAB;
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- (b) the President of the Internet Society;
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- (c) the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society; or
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- (d) a duly executed petition of at least 1% of the current
- membership of the Internet Society, or, if the current
- membership of the Society exceeds 15,000, of at least 150
- members, delivered to and validated by the Secretary of
- the Society.
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- The Internet Society Board of Trustees shall approve or disapprove
- such a nomination within 60 days. Approval shall be by the
- affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the members of the Board
- of Trustees then in office.
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- Any member of the IAB may be replaced by the Board of Trustees, by
- the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the
- Board of Trustees then in office, whenever in their judgement the
- best interests of the Society will be served thereby. A member of
- the IAB shall also be replaced, upon the confirming vote of a
- majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, if
- and when a duly executed petition of at least 5% of the voting
- membership of the Internet Society is delivered to and validated by
- the Secretary of the Society. The vote of the Board of Trustees, and
- any action pursuant to that vote, shall be taken no later than at the
- next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board following the date on
- which the Secretary declares the receipt of a valid petition.
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- The Board of Trustees shall review each IAB member's contribution to
- the IAB at three-year intervals, and shall at that time explicitly
- reaffirm or revoke the membership. There is no limit to the number
- of times the Board of Trustees may reaffirm the membership of any
- individual IAB member. However, it is expected that the decision to
- reaffirm or revoke will be reached with respect to the current
- composition of the IAB as a whole, and the extent to which the goals
- and requirements of the Internet Society are served by the IAB as
- then currently constituted.
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- RFC 1358 Charter of the IAB August 1992
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- Whenever the Board of Trustees determines that a vacancy exists on
- the IAB, it shall circulate among the membership of the Internet
- Society, by electronic mail, a call for nominations, specifying a
- closing date for nominations to be received by the Secretary of the
- Society that is no less than 30 days after the date on which the call
- is circulated. At its discretion, the Board may also circulate the
- call for nominations among the membership of the Society my means
- other than electronic mail, and may also advertise or circulate the
- call by such other means and among the members of such other groups
- as it sees fit and appropriate.
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- Section 3.
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- The IAB may create and empower task forces, committees, and working
- groups, as it sees fit, to carry out activities that fall within the
- scope of the IAB's responsibilities. The initial task forces of the
- IAB are the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet
- Research Task Force (IRTF).
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- Section 4.
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- The Internet Society shall provide support for secretariat functions
- that are required by the IAB or its task forces, committees, and
- working groups, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. In
- particular, the secretariat shall include support for the Internet
- standards-making activity of the IAB. During the Internet Society's
- Initial Period of operations, support for secretariat functions shall
- depend on the availability of funding provided specifically for this
- purpose.
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- Section 5.
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- Members of the IAB and its task forces, committees, and working
- groups shall serve on a volunteer basis without compensation, except
- as provided in (a) and (b) below:
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- (a) The President of the Internet Society may approve the
- reimbursement by the Society of expenses incurred by a
- member of the IAB or one of its corollary organizations,
- if he or she determines that reimbursement of specific
- expenses is appropriate.
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- (b) Acting on the recommendation of the President of the Internet
- Society, the Board of Trustees may approve the payment of
- compensation to an individual whose service as a member of the
- IAB or of one of its corollary organizations is
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- (1) considered by the Board to be essential to the welfare of
- the Society, and
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- (2) is, in the Board's estimation, unobtainable in the absence
- of reasonable compensation.
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- In determining the need for and amount of compensation, the
- Board shall apply the criteria and voting rules that it normally
- applies to matters concerning the allocation of Internet Society
- funds.
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- Section 6.
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- The members of the IAB shall appoint one of their number to serve as
- the chair of the IAB, with all of the duties and responsibilities
- normally associated with such a position. The chair of the IAB may
- be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
- members of the IAB, or as a result of his or her departure from the
- IAB.
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- Section 7.
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- The chair of the IAB shall have the authority to organize the IAB as
- he or she sees fit.
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- Section 8.
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- The chair of the IAB, with the approval of at least two-thirds of the
- IAB membership, shall have the authority to appoint an Editor for the
- Request for Comments (RFC) publication series (the "RFC Editor"), who
- shall be responsible for the editorial management and publication of
- the RFC series. If the RFC Editor is not a member of the IAB, he or
- she shall serve ex officio as a member of the IAB unless and until
- made a regular member of the IAB. The RFC Editor may be removed at
- any time by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the
- IAB.
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- Section 9.
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- The chair of the IAB, with the approval of at least two-thirds of the
- IAB membership, shall have the authority to appoint the chair of the
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), who shall be responsible for
- the management and organization of the IETF. If the IETF chair is
- not a member of the IAB, he or she shall serve ex officio as a member
- of the IAB unless and until made a regular member of the IAB. The
- IETF chair may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of
- two-thirds of the members of the IAB.
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- Section 10.
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- The chair of the IAB, with the approval of at least two-thirds of the
- IAB membership, shall have the authority to appoint the chair of the
- Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), who shall be responsible for the
- management and organization of the IRTF. If the IRTF chair is not a
- member of the IAB, he or she shall serve ex officio as a member of
- the IAB unless and until made a regular member of the IAB. The IRTF
- chair may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of two-
- thirds of the members of the IAB.
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- Section 11.
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- The Internet Society News shall serve as the formal Publication of
- Record for the announcement of actions taken and decisions made by
- the IAB on matters related to the Internet Standards. Other official
- actions and decisions of the IAB may be announced and recorded in the
- News. All IAB announcements published in the News shall also be
- distributed by electronic mail to the Internet Society membership.
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- The Internet Society shall, through its various publications and by
- any other means that may be suitable in each circumstance, provide
- timely information to its members concerning the actions and
- decisions of the IAB; and shall actively solicit and promote the
- participation of its members in IAB-administered activities such as
- the development and review of Internet Standards.
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- Section 12.
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- The Internet Society shall regularly publish as an RFC a definitive
- record of the status of the Internet Standards process. As it is
- used in this section, the term "regularly" shall mean "no less
- frequently than once every six months".
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- A. Lyman Chapin
- Bolt, Beranek & Newman
- Mail Stop 20/5b
- 150 Cambridge Park Drive
- Cambridge, MA 02140
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- Phone: (617) 873-3133
- EMail: lyman@BBN.COM
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