John - editing to get directly to your questions: On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 18:45 -0400, John C Klensin wrote: > (1) What would it take to convince you that putting in a term or > two as AD --not a life sentence, but a term or two-- was an > obligation you, as long-term participants and contributors, owed > the community? I do see a term or two as AD as an obligation - that I haven't chosen to fulfill. I have seriously considered allowing the nomcom to add my name to the list of candidates for AD a couple of times (and may have left may name on the list once, but I can't recall with certainty), but have always decided against it in the end. I have the delusion that I would be able to make a positive contribution. However, from what I've been able to learn about the commitment to the job, I have not been willing to make the professional and personal tradeoffs (even sacrifices) required to fulfill the responsibilities. And, I already seem to have a life sentence as chair of the dhc WG... > (2) How, if at all, would the AD job have to change in order to > make volunteering on that basis plausible for you? Please > don't just answer "lower workload": if that is all or part of > the answer, what would you get rid of and what would you do with > it? I don't know of specific ways to change the job enough to make it plausible. More important would be to find myself in a professional and personal situation where I, my family and my employer would be willing to commit the necessary time (15-25 hrs/wk? and IETF weeks) and travel to fulfill the commitments. - Ralph _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf