The IAB has asked the RFC Editor to publish as an Informational RFC
its draft document on “IAB Thoughts on the Role of the Internet Research Task Force.”
This document is an IAB (Internet Architecture Board) report on the
role of the IRTF (Internet Research Task Force), both on its own and
in relationship to the IETF. This document evolved from a
discussion within the IAB as part of a process of appointing a new
chair of the IRTF.
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-irtf-02.txt