IETF Liaison Templates and Coordination

Introduction

All incoming liaisons are replied to by the liaison manager using email (in a timely fashion). Liaison responses are either boilerplate or crafted using with the following guidelines:

1. Informational

• The liaison manager sends an email acknowledging receipt
  • For IETF: Template-Email-IETF-Info
  • For IRTF: Template-Email-IRTF
• An outgoing liaison can be sent, but the default case is that no official liaison reply is sent.

2. Action

• The liaison manager sends an email acknowledging receipt

  • For IETF: Template-Email-IETF-Action
  • For IRTF: Template-Email-IRTF
    • Note: IRTF uses same template for Incoming Liaisons regardless of status.

• Before the deadline one of two things happens

  • The liaison manager sends a boilerplate liaison response
    • For IETF: Template-Liaison-IETF-Action-Response
    • For IRTF: Template-Liaison-IRTF-Action-Response

  --or--

  • The liaison manager coordinates a crafted liaison response with the interested parties from the IETF/IAB/IRTF etc. There is no template for this type of response.

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