Hi John,
At 13:39 01-05-2012, John C Klensin wrote:
Speaking as a greybeard who doesn't particularly like the idea
of being culled, an alternative is to try to move such people on
to mentoring/ advisory roles (and the few tasks we have around
that _really_ need many years of experience) rather than
occupying roles that can be performed by others. That is
The problem is that it can always be argued that many of the tasks
around needs many years of experience. That may explain why around
50% of incumbents are returned. It has been said that "service in
the IETF's leadership bodies is a short-term contribution to the
community, not a career". Here's the incumbent rate at the middle
level per area (caution advised as the figures are biased):
APP 50%
INT 50%
RAI 0%
OPS 50%
RTG 50%
SEC 50%
TSV 67%
actually easily accomplished because it can be done unilaterally
by the older members of the community. The harder part
--because it does require community and leadership commitment --
is finding ways to make those mentoring/ advisory roles work.
Yes.
Regards,
-sm