On 2011-03-31 08:52, SM wrote: ... > My reading of John's proposal (draft-klensin-iaoc-member-00) is that it > is framed in such a way to avoid some of the issues that can occur with > draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership-00. When delegating > responsibility, one should also consider accountability. Having a > non-voting liaison side steps that. And that is exactly the problem with 'non-voting' status in a committee that mainly operates by consensus. It allows people who really ought to share accountability to apear to avoid it. Brian _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf