RFC 8989 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2021

Additional Criteria for Nominating Committee Eligibility

Overview

RFC 8989, “Additional Criteria for Nominating Committee Eligibility”, is an Experimental document published in February 2021 by B. Carpenter, S. Farrell. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9389 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a process experiment under RFC 3933 that temporarily updates the criteria for qualifying volunteers to participate in the IETF Nominating Committee. It therefore also updates the criteria for qualifying signatories to a community recall petition. The purpose is to make the criteria more flexible in view of increasing remote participation in the IETF and a reduction in face-to-face meetings. The experiment is of fixed duration and will apply to one, or at most two, consecutive Nominating Committee cycles, starting in 2021. This document temporarily varies the rules in RFC 8713.

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Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.

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Obsoleted by
RFC 9389
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