IETF Administrative Oversight Committee

	IETF Administrative Oversight Committee The former IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) was part of the support organization for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The Committee, whose purpose and organization was given in RFC 4071 (now obsolete), oversaw the IETF secretariat and related functions. It had a purely administrative role in selection of meeting locations, looking after the finances and administrative functions of the IETF. It had no technical role in the setting of Internet standards. Its members were appointed by the IETF Nominating Committee (NomCom), composed of randomly chosen volunteers who participate regularly at meetings, which is vested with the power to appoint, reappoint, and remove members of thIESG IABIASA and previously thIAOC"IETF NomCom" IETF. Retrieved 21 July 2014.), the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Internet Engineering Task Force The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers. Their work is usually funded by employers or other sponsors. The IETF was initially supported by the federal government of the United States but since 1993 has operated under the auspices of the Internet Society, an international non-profit organization. Organization The IETF is organized into a large number of working groups and birds of a feather informal discussion groups, each dealing with a specific topic. The IETF operates in a bottom-up task creation mode, largely driven by these working groups. Each working group has an appointed chairperson (or sometimes several co-chairs); a charter that describes its focus; and what it is expected to produce, and when. It is open to all who want to partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Internet Engineering Steering Group The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers. Their work is usually funded by employers or other sponsors. The IETF was initially supported by the federal government of the United States but since 1993 has operated under the auspices of the Internet Society, an international non-profit organization. Organization The IETF is organized into a large number of working groups and birds of a feather informal discussion groups, each dealing with a specific topic. The IETF operates in a bottom-up task creation mode, largely driven by these working groups. Each working group has an appointed chairperson (or sometimes several co-chairs); a charter that describes its focus; and what it is expected to produce, and when. It is open to all who want to participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Internet Architecture Board The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is "a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the Request for Comments (RFC) Editor. The IAB is also responsible for the management of the IETF protocol parameter registries." The IAB is responsible for: Providing architectural oversight of Internet protocols and procedures Liaising with other organizations on behalf of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Reviewing appeals of the Internet standards process Managing Internet standards documents (the RFC series) and protocol parameter value assignment Confirming the Chair of the IETF and the IETF Area Directors Selecting the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Chair Acting as a source of advice and guidance to the Internet Society. In its work, the IAB strives to: En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Internet Society The Internet Society (ISOC) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1992 with local chapters around the world. Its mission is "to promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world." It has offices in Reston, Virginia, U.S., and Geneva, Switzerland. Organization The Internet Society has regional bureaus worldwide, composed of chapters, organizational members, and, as of July 2020, more than 70,000 individual members. The Internet Society has a staff of more than 100 and was governed by a board of trustees, whose members are appointed or elected by the society's chapters, organization members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF comprised the Internet Society's volunteer base. Its leadership includes Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ted Hardie; and President and CEO, Andrew Sullivan. The Internet Society created the Public Interest Registry (PIR), launched the Internet Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]