Jari The day after your post I read that " The 2012-2013 IETF nomination process has not yet filled the Transport Area Director position despite several attempts to broaden the pool of nominees. " which to me sums it up. ADs are the critical resource, on the critical path in project management terms, and this other post reflects that challenge. How can the load on ADs be reduced? Can technology be leveraged to increase their productivity? and suchlike. This I see as the real challenge. Tom Petch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jari Arkko" <jari.arkko@xxxxxxxxx> To: "IETF discussion list" <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 9:17 In my new role, I thought it would be useful to start a discussion about the challenges we are facing, and call for input on things that the IETF community feels should be addressed. Here are my initial thoughts: http://www.ietf.org/blog/2013/03/ietf-challenges/ But please tell your thoughts. Is there something that bothers you in the IETF process, meetings, support systems, is there something that we should improve? Which of these issues do you think the leadership should take a priority in addressing first? And what technical challenges do you see us addressing in the coming years? Jari