Ombudsteam

The IETF Ombudsteam allows you to confidentially report and raise concerns about harassment and other conduct within the IETF.

IETF meetings, virtual meetings, and mailing lists are intended for professional collaboration and networking. The IETF strives to create and maintain an environment in which people of many different backgrounds are treated with dignity, decency, and respect. Those who participate in the IETF are expected to behave according to professional standards and demonstrate appropriate workplace behaviour, and must not engage in harassment.

For more information, please see the IESG Anti-Harassment Policy and BCP 25/ RFC 7776 on IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures*.

If you believe you have been harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, you are encouraged to raise your concern in confidence with one of the Ombudspersons at ombudsteam at ietf.org. The current persons in this team are:

Ombudsteam members

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Allison Mankin (allison.mankin at gmail.com)
appointed 1 April 2016

IETF Ombudsteam member Avri Doria

Avri Doria (avri at acm.org)
appointed 21 November 2023

IETF Ombudsteam member Pete Resnick

Pete Resnick (resnick at episteme.net)
appointed 1 April 2016

IETF Ombudsteam member Shivan Sahib

Shivan Sahib (shivankaulsahib at gmail.com)
appointed 21 November 2023

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Sofia Celi (cherenkov at riseup.net)
appointed 21 November 2023

To reach the IETF Ombudsteam send email to ombudsteam@ietf.org or to the individuals' email addresses above.

IETF Ombudsteam Procedures

The Ombudsteam follows published procedures for how they document, communicate, intake, and investigate reports they receive.

* If your organization outside the IETF is interested in implementing similar anti-harassment procedures, the authors of RFC 7776 have made a CC0-copyrighted version available.