--On 13. november 2004 16:31 -0500 Michael Richardson <mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If the IAB chair and IETF chair (who is also the IESG chair) are both members IASA (whether voting or not), I am wondering about the people appointed by the IESG and IAB.
Why do it this way? Why not just have nomcom fill all slots?
Section 3 could explain more there.
The logic that led to this was that today, IESG and IAB deal more closely with the support functions (IAB's charter includes overseeing the technical work of the RFC editor; the IESG is a major consumer of secretariat support resources), and that they would have a greater insight in the requirements for overseeing the IAD role than the average Nomcom volunteer.
The IETF and IAB chairs were added to give direct, continuous contact, while the IESG & IAB appointed members (who would typically NOT be members of IESG and IAB) were added to give the IESG and IAB the opportunity to name members they thought well-qualified.
The argument for having Nomcom-selected members at all is (I think) that having *all* the members selected via two levels of indirection from the community (first nomcom then IESG + IAB) seems "not optimal".
Harald
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