On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
Hi, Dave,
Anything that the IETF can do, to make the IAB and IETF Chair positions
less of
a full-time (or more) job, is a good thing.
Anything? I believe you do not believe that statement, but I think it
accurately summarizes the focus of this thread, so far.
Thanks for the wake-up call, of course. Now, it's Monday AFTERNOON in my time
zone.
I am carefully reading the notes that were posted after I posted. I noticed
that John Klensin says "not JUST an offload proposal" - and I get that - and
I hadn't fully grokked the "fiduciary responsibility" point Marshall made.
So, yes, I overspoke.
Like I said - I'm fine being in the rough on this proposal, but I would like
us to think about "if not this, what gets offloaded?"
As a former IAOC chair there is another set of questions I would ask here:
Who picks up the load? How might this change community dynamics and
expectations around IAOC/Trust related work items?
Some of the business related decisions that the IAOC must make are already
quite contentious and delegation won't help. Finding volunteers willing to
step up to "chair like" responsibility is already hard. I suspect that
this will put additional pressure on the IAOC and IETF Trust chairs as
well as the volunteers who step into the IETF/IAB seats.
For better or worse the IAOC is seen as a housekeeping function but, as
Jonne and Marshall have pointed out, there are serious responsibilities
and major assets under management here. The existing balance of leadership
and community participation has worked well. Swapping in other IESG or IAB
members may serve as well, but this just adds load to another set of
over-burdened folk. Moving to a system that is largely drawn from the
broader community may have unexpected results for both the IAOC and the
volunteers. If the community adopts this new model we must also be willing
to ensure that the very best candidates have an incentive to pick up the
administrative burdens. There is not a lot of glory and a fair amount of
pain associated with the IAOC work and we could quickly find ourselves
with a shortage of folks willing to "do the dishes" unless we find ways to
support and reward this kind of community service.
- Lucy
Spencer
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