IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees

@article{Galvin1996IABAI,
  title={IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees},
  author={James M. Galvin},
  journal={RFC},
  year={1996},
  volume={2027},
  pages={1-11}
}
The process by which the members of the IAB and IESG are selected, confirmed, and recalled is specified. The evolution of the process has relied principally on oral tradition as a means by which the lessons learned could be passed on to successive committees. This document is a self-consistent, organized compilation of the process as it is known today. 
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