Harald suggests The Chair serves at the pleasure of the IAOC, and may be removed from that position at any time by a vote of five of the IAOC voting members. I don't think its a good idea to use absolute numbers - its better to use fractions '4/5ths of the voting members' for example - in case you have a situation where some IAOC members have dropped off for some reason - using absolute numbers can get into a situation where the action can not be taken even though all existing members of the IAOC want to do so Scott _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf