Russ, While this strikes me as mostly harmless, I don't think it belongs in this document. The document itself is an IETF document. It has gotten a good deal of useful input from ISOC staff, Board members, and interested parties, and we expect ISOC to sign off on it, but it remains an IETF document. We could have done it in other ways --which might have been either better or worse-- but we didn't. I think it would be good if ISOC made its procedures public once they decide on them. But, if the document starts dictating procedures to them, it both constrains future evolution unnecessarily and might constitute a barrier to getting swift ISOC BoT signoff on the document as they debate their own long-term procedures in this area. Like others, I'm reconciled to the fact that we will probably have to revise the BCP in a year or two. But I still think we should keep any specifics and details that don't strictly need to be in the document out of it, lest those force early revisions over issues that are ultimately not important. best, john --On Thursday, 03 February, 2005 11:23 -0500 Russ Housley <housley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > draft-ietf-iasa-bcp-06.txt > Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) > (BCP) > > COMMENT > > Section 4 includes a discussion of the process for > selection of > IAOC members. There is not a paragraph that covers the > member > appointed by the ISOC Board of Trustees. However, the > guidance > provided to the IAB and the IESG seems appropriate for the > ISOC > Board of Trustees as well: > > - Appointees need not be current ISOC Board of Trustees > members > (and probably should not be); > > - The ISOC Board of Trustees should choose people with > some > knowledge of contracts and financial procedures, who are > familiar with the administrative support needs of the > IAB, > the IESG, or the IETF standards process. > > - The ISOC Board of Trustees should follow a fairly open > process, > perhaps with an open call for nominations or a period > of public > comment on the candidates. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf