--On Thursday, 28 July, 2005 15:24 +0200 Brian E Carpenter
<brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John C Klensin wrote:
> ...
>>
>> p.s. We've got something of a tradition of moving people from
>> the IESG to the IAB and vice versa.
> ...
>> Nothing in the proposal would prohibit them from
>> ending up on either body "later", even the one they served on
>> before, but I believe the break is A Good Thing for both the
>> IETF and the individuals involved.
>
> I agree, though my "time off" between the IAB and the IESG
> turned into "time served" as a WG Chair.
My notion of "break" as used above is not "break from the IETF"
but "break from the formal, IESG/IAB leadership". I think
putting in that time as a WG chair is precisely the sort of
perspective-regainer that is desirable. For some people, doing
the work is better than chairing it, but that is a fine point
and an individual one. I also have bias that it would be
better for the community if people like former IESG and IAB
members would spend their time mentoring and supporting the next
round of upcoming leadership rather than taking on, e.g., WG
Chair roles themselves, but that is, again, an individual matter.
> But I think that
> for this sort of thing we should go for guidelines rather
> than rules. Over-constraining the system is not in our
> interests.
I completely agree. In many cases, I'd even favor suggestions
over guidelines. The only thing that seems to require a rule
or near-rule is rotation off the IESG --as a break and to make
the experience available to others.
john
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