Bob,
Goggle translate was helpful here :-)
Good... and next time when we meet over beer I can reveal the correct translation :-)
I do like your idea that IAOC itself needs to work smarter though. It should really be just a board, not the guys doing the actual work. As an outsider, it sometimes feels like you guys are doing too much. In any case, if you and Bob think this would be a good direction for the IAOC to take, can you comment how feasible it is? Has it been tried, could it be tried? (And shouldn't it already be done if it was easy?)
I am not sure what you mean by the members of the IAOC doing the actual work. The IAD does most of the work behind the scenes. That includes writing RFPs, motions, budgets, SOWs, agendas, works with the volunteer minute takers to produce the minutes, organizes contractor reviews, negotiates with contractors, works with ISOC finance department, works with legal council, organizes conference calls and meetings, etc., etc. The secretariat does the leg work to collect information on venues, costs, hotels, etc. The IAOC voting members review, comment, approve/disapprove things, but that's not where most of the real work is. The voting members are responsible for the decisions and actions. I want to make it clear that most of the actual work is not done by the voting members. Given the source of our members, we do tend to get involved in details for better or worse. The IAOC (and Trust chairs) have a bigger load than the rest of the voting members.
This all sounds good. But do you agree that workload for the chairs is an issue? Because I thought Jonne was saying that it is an issue and the solutions should come from a better organization within the IAOC rather than from Olaf's proposal. But if I read the above, it almost sounds like you think everything is done pretty much as well as it can be done, and there's little to change. Up-leveling the discussion: I guess we need to agree about the problem statement before we can talk about the solutions.
Jari
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