Harald,
Your mail prompted me to write a mail I have been contemplating (but I'm
actually sending this via my phone, so I'm keeping this brief).
What is a wg chairs job? I can think of several tasks:
1) cheerleader (go wg, go!)
2) mediator (Mr. x, you need a time-out!)
3) task manager (draft-foobar is 1.8 weeks late.)
4) key contributor (I think the header field should be 2.1 bytes long.)
5) big-picture type (the internet needs a protocols for signaling
morality.)
With the above tasks, chairs can be active or more reactive, sometimes
depending upon the situation.
What I thinks is needed, however, is that the chair and the ad cooperate
well and have a good understanding of how things are working. I also think
that while we can blame the IESG or the wg chair, but I think a key point
we've often overlooked is the ad-chair relationship. If a chair knows
what the ad reaction will be when sending a draft to the IESG, then this
may help avoid the late suprise, Also, if an ad knows what is happening
(roughly) in a wg, then they can help provide some insight into ho to get
things unstuck.
I thinks this calls for the ads and chairs to be in touch and discussing
things frequently, even chair reviews by the IESGs (say once a year) and
maybe even joint wg status reviews.
John L.
_____ Original message _____
Subject: Simplistic metrics Re: WG management
Author: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 21st June 2005 10:34:48 AM
--On 20. juni 2005 07:39 -0500 Spencer Dawkins <spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Two related problems here, as you pointed out in another posting -
when
> the WG is only active for six weeks per year, and when the WG chair
is
> only active for nine weeks per year. I don't see how we can focus on
this
> with our current milestone tracking ("no, really, we'll finish that
draft
> by the NEXT meeting, this time for sure"), so your comments in the
> "front-end delays" thread apply here as well.
Let me offer a simplistic metric.....
if a WG chair has posted nothing to the WG mailing list for a week, and
that WG chair has not told the WG he's on holiday, that WG chair is
probably not doing his/her job.
If NOBODY's posted to the WG mailing list for a week, it's time to close
the WG.
Harald
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