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... include information about the support of each of the individual
options and features. This documentation should be submitted to the
Area Director with the protocol action request. (see Section 6)
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A standards action is initiated by a recommendation by the IETF
Working group responsible for a specification to its Area Director,
copied to the IETF Secretariat or, in the case of a specification not
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... other standards action. A request to retire an existing standard can
originate from a Working Group, an Area Director or some other
interested party.
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If the disagreement cannot be resolved in this way, any of the
parties involved may bring it to the attention of the Area
Director(s) for the area in which the Working Group is chartered.
The Area Director ...
... Area
Director(s) for the area in which the Working Group is chartered.
The Area Director(s) shall attempt to resolve the dispute.
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If the disagreement cannot be resolved by the Area Director(s) any of
the parties involved may then appeal to the IESG as a whole. The
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... Working Groups related to a general topic such as routing. An
Area is managed by one or two Area Directors. ...
... Area Director ...
... The manager of an IETF Area. The Area Directors
along with the IETF Chair comprise the Internet Engineering
Steering Group ...