How to adopt RFC 9945 for IAB Lists

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Context

At IETF 125 (Shenzhen), the IAB discussed adopting RFC 9945 (IETF Community Moderation) for IAB mailing lists. This issue tracks this.

Proposal

• Use the RFC 9945 moderation framework for IAB
• Designated IAB moderators (or leads) act as RFC 9945 “Administrators”
• Reuse existing moderation team/process
• Apply consistently across all IAB lists (iab@, arch-discuss@, program, workshop...)

Note

• RFC 9945 only takes effect after IESG approval of procedures (Section 4)
• Timeline for this is uncertain (likely months) → till that time status quo

Issue

How to handle appeal chain
RFC 9945 appeal chain (Responsible AD→IESG→IAB) does not map cleanly to IAB. Options:

• IAB Chair → IAB → ISOC BoT
• IAB Chair → IESG → IAB → ISOC BoT
• Variants (TBD)

References

• RFC 9945: IETF Community Moderation