Dear Dave; On Sep 15, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > > Leslie Daigle wrote: >> We need >> to have some cultural sophistication if we're going to ask Sue to run >> against incumbent Bob openly, given that Sue's WG has documents >> waiting >> for Bob's approval. > > I hope that this observation scares folk as much as it should. The > implication > that an incumbent AD is to be feared implies that ADs have far too > much power. > My experience of the world is that some people will fear other people (and, more particularly, will fear some particular other people). Some people are shy. Some are mistrustful. Some are insecure. Some, I dare say it, may even have bad blood with some other IETFers. This is true in general, and it only gets worse if there is a feeling that the other person has responsibility over your work. (Note that B may be S's former boss, or a potential boss if a merger happens, or S may be seeking employment at B's institution, etc.) S may fear these things even if B isn't an AD (or, indeed, even if S is one), and so I don't see that it bears on the question of AD power. Regards Marshall > >> Secondly, it's not really useful (to the whole system) if only some >> candidates declare themselves publicly. > > That's just plain wrong. > > If a candidate wishes to encourage openness and encourage a broader > base of > input to Nomcom, they can and should disclose their candidacy. > Nomcom will > benefit from having better information, for the candidates who > choose to > publicly disclose their candidacy, because more people will know > that comments > on a particular candidate are needed. > > No candidate need wait for other candidates to agree to this. > > Contrary to your view, it is a very simple decision. > > More importantly, it is exactly the sort of decision that can and > should be > individual and has no need to wait for some magic group decision or > formal IETF > policy -- a decision that we've solidly demonstrated will not get > made. > > d/ > > -- > > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf