> >> the normal process for AD replacement involved choosing which of >> the >> people who had worked with the AD for a long time could do the job >> this >> time, > > In American vernacular, this procedure is known as "cronyism". > > Generally, one doesn't expect to see this advocated in a public forum ;-) > > I'm thinking the idea might be closer to... Each AD creates a "staff" of volunteers underneath themselves to help with all the pesky details of running the IESG. (and in the mean time - they get help from 2-3 additional people that they are working closely with) >From there each AD could say that "in the last 6 months of my term person A was really running the show anyway - why don't we let them be the AD for a while, and I will get back to productive IETF work (or become their assistant for a while). Now we have a group of people that knows what they are getting into when they finally put that yellow dot on. Another alternative might be rolling terms for each AD, with a (sorry incoming Intel lingo here) two-in-a-box approach. As a new AD is approved, the term overlaps with the Old AD for a year. Then they can serve as long as they want - with the caviat they are expected to give a year notification so they can serve the last year of their term with the new incoming AD. (this might just naturally shorten the terms as people realize it is easier to do the job as a pair than all alone <G>) Bill _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf