That seems simple enough when put that way ... then leave the executive director totally out of this BCP or specify that the IESG names that person. No need to pussy-foot around the issue. :) Carl > > > >>>>> "Carl" == Carl Malamud <carl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Carl> It seems to me that one of the goals of the whole AdminRest > Carl> exercise has been to move overall management responsibility > Carl> for IETF admin. and support activities (IASA) from > Carl> contractors to a "program manager", which is what this BCP > Carl> is all about. As such, it seems that where documents refer > Carl> to "IETF Executive Director" that should become (via a > Carl> paragraph in this BCP) a pointer to the IAD or other > Carl> appropriate position as further pointed to by the IAD. > > I think the IESG's concern here is that they, rather than the IAOC > would like to designate who the executive director is. > > The executive director is very involved in making the IESG and process > functions run smoothly. > > It seems like significant friction would be created if the executive > director was not someone the IESG was comfortable with. > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf