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:
- 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.
- Action
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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.
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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.
- The liaison manager sends a boilerplate liaison response
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