Process for Organization of Internet Standards 95 (poised95) ------------------------------------------------------------ Charter Current status: active working group Chair(s): Karl Auerbach Erik Huizer Bernhard Stockman None Director(s): Paul Mockapetris Area Advisor Paul Mockapetris Mailing lists: General Discussion:poised@tis.com To Subscribe: poised-request@tis.com Archive: ftp://ftp.tis.com/pub/ietf/poised/poised.mbox Description of Working Group: The POISED95 Working Group is a focused effort to resolve some long-standing issues of the standards process and IETF procedure: o The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) section of RFC 1602 is widely seen as inoperative, because it demands guarantees and procedures when licensing technologies that few, if any, donors will accept. o The procedures of the NOMCOM, or Nominating Committee, have been quite informal and different with every NOMCOM. They need to be codified. o Standards procedure documented in RFC 1602 needs to be restated to reflect reality and to remove obsolete provisions. o The ISOC has proposed creating a link between the IETF and ISOC, and has even created a committee to study the issue. The IETF needs a corresponding effort. o Other issues as appropriate. As befits an international organization, POISED95 will meet in Stockholm and Dallas to try and gauge a rough consensus on these issues and develop guidelines and drafts for the appropriate documents. Goals and Milestones: Jul 95 Meet at Stockholm IETF. Dec 95 Meet at Dallas IETF. Feb 96 Submit Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- ------------------------------------------ Sep 95 Oct 95 The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3 Sep 95 New IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees Request For Comments: None to date.