5. Relationship to Other IETF Functions

This section preserves the RFC text for IETF community moderation, including disruptive participation, the moderator team, procedures, transparency, appeals, reinstatement, and relationships to the Ombudsteam and IETF LLC.

Original RFC Text

5.  Relationship to Other IETF Functions

5.1.  Relation to the Ombudsteam

   Administrators and moderators shall complement the efforts of the
   IETF Ombudsteam [OT], whose focus on anti-harassment shall remain
   unchanged.  Administrators and moderators should always report
   suspected harassment.  They should nonetheless take any necessary
   actions regarding disruptive behavior.

5.2.  Relation to the IETF LLC

   The Board of Directors of the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) has
   fiduciary duty for the overall organization, which includes the duty
   to protect the organization from serious legal risk that may arise
   from the behavior of IETF participants.

   This protection may include the need for the IETF LLC to take
   emergency moderation actions.  These emergency actions are expected
   to be taken only when the IETF LLC has received legal advice that
   such action is necessary and therefore will be extremely rare in
   frequency.  Some examples of where this might be necessary are:

   *  Someone making a credible threat of harm to other IETF
      participants.

   *  Someone using IETF mailing lists and/or websites to share content
      where publishing that content on IETF lists and/or websites brings
      serious legal risk to the IETF.

   *  Someone making a credible threat of legal action where any form of
      interaction with them on IETF mailing lists may have serious legal
      consequences for the IETF.

   If any such action is taken, the IETF LLC should, except where
   limited by legal advice to the contrary, inform the IESG as soon as
   possible, providing full details of the subject of the action, nature
   of the action, reason for the action, and the expected duration.  The
   IETF LLC should also inform the moderator team and IETF community,
   except where it receives legal advice to the contrary.

   As such an action would be taken by the IETF LLC in order to protect
   the IETF according to its fiduciary duty, then it cannot allow that
   to be overridden by a decision of the moderator team or the IESG.
   The subject of any such action may request a review by the IETF LLC
   Board, as documented in Section 4.7 of [RFC8711].

   Any such action taken by the IETF LLC under this section of this
   policy is not subject to the rest of this policy.