Olaf, > I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership > > The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance: > > The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC President/CEO may > delegate their responsibilities to other persons. The delegations by > the IETF chair and the IAB chair need to be confirmed by the IESG and > IAB respectively. I agree with the concept but I do think that it needs a bit more work, in particular who can be selected as a delegate. Right now, the IETF and IAB chair are selected from a group of people selected by the nomcom and the nomcom can keep in mind that the person they select have to serve on the IAOC when selecting people. With this proposal, it is possible to appoint a delegate outside the pool of people appointed by the nomcom. That is a significant difference from the present approach. There is also RFC4071: Although the IAB, the IESG, and the ISOC Board of Trustees choose some members of the IAOC, those members do not directly represent the bodies that chose them. All members of the IAOC are accountable directly to the IETF community. If this proposal is implemented, who is accountable to the community? The IAB/IESG chair or the delegate? What would work for me, is something like The IETF chair and the IAB chair may delegate their responsibilities to another member of the IESG or IAB respectively. The delegate is accountable to the IETF community. The delegations by [...] This gives a pool of O(15) nomcom selected candidates, and the IAB/IESG can select one for this job. Also: > The terms of delegation is for a longer term for > instance aligned with the IESG and IAB appointment cycles (roughly > anual). I think you mean: The delegation is for an one year term, aligned with the IAB and IESG appointment cycles and can be renewed. Finally, I think you have to check RFC4071 to make sure there are no clashes. Henk -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk(at)uijterwaal.nl RIPE NCC http://www.xs4all.nl/~henku Phone: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There appears to have been a collective retreat from reality that day. (John Glanfield, on an engineering project) _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf