Dear Colleagues, I am forwarding this mail to the list on behalf of the IAB Chair as it may be of interest to those in the the RIPE community that do not participate actively in the IETF. Regards, Paul Rendek RIPE NCC Begin forwarded message: From: Leslie Daigle <leslie@thinkingcat.com> Date: June 7, 2006 11:32:16 PM GMT+02:00 To: IETF Announcement list <ietf-announce@ietf.org> Cc: iab@ietf.org Subject: Open mailing list for the discussion of Independent RFC Submissions Process Reply-To: iab@ietf.org As part its role in supporting the RFC Editor function, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has created a public mailing list for the discussion of the RFC Independent Submissions process. The purpose of this discussion is to achieve consensus, in the coming weeks, on a process for fair and appropriate approval of independent submissions to the RFC series. These are separate from IETF, IAB or IRTF approved submissions. Individuals familiar with the RFC series and working in the Internet research and engineering community are invited to join this mailing list and participate. independent<at>ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/independent There is an initial draft proposal, available at: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-rfc-independent-02.txt Leslie Daigle, Chair, IAB.