IESG Quick Links and Semi-Complete Guide

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Quick Links

Most-used Wiki pages

• InformalAgenda - the agenda for the next informal telechat; add items here

• UpcomingIetf - booking the IESG breakout room and showing arrival times
  • MeetingTopics - Suggested topics for the next face-to-face meeting
  • AdditionalMeetingRooms - How to request additional meeting rooms for side meetings and such
• RetreatInfo - information about the upcoming IESG retreat

• ​DownRef Registry in the datatracker - The Down Ref Registry was moved to the datatracker in 2017.
• IesgOnlyEtiquette - when to use and not to use iesg-only mailing list

IESG Roles

IESG Liaisons To Other Things
IESG Liaisons	Group
Martin V.	IAB
Ben	NomCom
Éric	Tools Team
Francesca	EDU Team / EMODIR
Warren, Ben, Martin D., Roman, John, Zahed	Comms Review

IESG Mailing List Admins
Martin Vigoreux
Roman Danyliw
The Secretariat

Meeting with Leaders of other Standards Bodies

• ​IETF-IEEE 802 Coordination

Some Things We're Currently Working On

Newest items are at the top of the list.

• GrammarCheckingID - Tools to check grammar in IETF draft (completed Nov 2020)
• SpecialInterestGroups - How to create a special interest group (completed Nov 2020)
• CharteringWorkingGroups - How to charter a new working group (updated Oct 2020)
• ExpertTopics - Expert Topics for WG Chairs and Document Authors
• UseOfUpdatesTag - IESG Statement on the use and meaning of the "Updates" and "Updated by" tags. (see also: draft-kuehlewind-update-tag)
• CharterInternalReviewBlockCriteria - Proposed criteria for balloting 'Block' during IESG internal review of a WG charter proposed for external review.
• IetfValues - in-progress write-up of suggested IETF values
• WgIprDiscussions - in-progress writeup on guidance to working groups about making informed decisions about IPR.
• FoldingInUpdates - Advice on folding in updates when progressing a document from PS to IS
• BadDiffExamples - Examples of massive fail when diffing documents for review.

• ArchiveFormerWork - Archive of former projects.

Tools

• ​Secretariat tools - see also IssueTracking and how to send a ticket. Please NOTE: A lot of regular correspondence with the Secretariat now happens through the Datatracker. For instance, document approval emails can be sent via the datatracker by editing the "IESG State" to "Approved, announcement to be sent."
• Prototype tools by the ​IETF Tools Team pages.
• Notes on tools in progress, WishLists for tools.
• Sites for IESG's OwnContent

Rules

• Process BCPs FormallyAccepted by the ISOC Board.
• ​IESG Statements

Thoughts

• Some IESG Thoughts on Liaisons
• On the origins of DISCUSS comments (This is an older page. Much of this is covered on the more recent ExpertTopics page)

Getting Started as an AD

​An IESG Charter, RFC 3710 (2004)

There is a lot of useful information on how to utilize the tools. As a new AD you will work with the Secretariat for access.

Reference for All ADs on subjects such as basic AD responsibilities, using the datatracker, the document ballot process, and much more.

Useful Mailing Lists or Addresses

Email Address or Alias	Recipient
<wg>-chairs @ ietf.org	mail the chairs of <wg>
<area>-chairs @ ietf.org	mail all the chairs of <area> ("<area>" is one of app, gen, int, ops, rai, rtg, sec, tsv)
<ad-name>-chairs @ ietf.org	mail all the chairs of WGs for which <ad-name> is responsible (john-smith-chairs, for example)
<wg>-ads @ ietf.org	mail the ADs of <wg>; note that this is the same as <area>-ads for the area in which <wg> resides... it does not send mail only to the AD responsible for <wg>
<area>-ads @ ietf.org	mail the ADs of <area> ("<area>" is one of app, gen, int, ops, rai, rtg, sec, tsv)
irtf-announce @ irtf.org	IRTF announcement list, including progress reports for the different reserach groups. ​https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/irtf-announce
tools-discuss @ ietf.org	The mailing list for IETF Tools announcements and discussion. ​https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tools-discuss

Miscellaneous

The IESG has a ​private Wiki Site.

The IETF Chair has a demanding ChairTimeline to plan IETF meetings.

C code in I-Ds should do bound checking. The exception is when the code is a fragment and it's clear that it's a fragment. In that case a prominent note in the module needs to say "this is a code fragment, when this fragment is implemented as part of [insert_protocol_name] implement bound checking".

Wiki page for LegacyErrataHandling.

Wiki page for SpeakingForIetf.

Wiki page for DealingWithPrivateFeedbackInIetfProcess.

Wiki page for EnsuringAppropriateDiscussionOnIetfAtIetfList.

Dealing with some complicate IANA Registries: MediaTypes (a.k.a. MIME Types)

Some abandoned or obsolete stuff that's nonetheless useful to save

• Wiki page for DocumentLanguageEditing session in London.
• DraftShepherdWriteupWgAlternate - A new proposal for a radical change to the shepherd writeup, as discussed at IETF 84. This is a version that strips out all the yes/no sorts of things and instead asks for a paragraph or two of information in each of five categories. (This is now part of the normal shepherd writeup documentation.)
• DownrefRegistry - The former Down Ref Registry - which documents have been Last Called as Downrefs following RFC 3967 (BCP 97) procedure (The Downref Registry has been moved into the ​datatracker as of 14 April 2017.)
• DraftNoteWellSummary - A draft version of a very short Note Well summary. (This is now dead.)

• DraftBoilerplateChange - A draft of a change to the boilerplate for cases where we are publishing something (such as documentation of a vendor-specific mechanism) where the community has consensus to publish, but consensus on the content doesn't make sense. (The IAB has chosen not to approve this, but the text is still useful as an IESG note in such documents.)

• Off Duty - This has been moved to the ​IESG Private Wiki Site.

Can't Find It? You can access the former IESG Wiki Page here