Brian, Thanks! Not sure that this changes anything with respect to the rest of the IESG, however... -- Eric -----Original Message----- From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:41 AM To: Eric Gray Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD Importance: High Eric, On 06/03/2013 14:29, Eric Gray wrote: > John, > > I considered this before making my reply, especially in light of a > number of recent events with which I am intimately familiar. > > To become the Chair of the IESG involves a second level of selection > that is much more political. You have to be selected - I believe - for the role by your peers on the IESG. You believe wrongly. The NomCom nominates the IETF Chair, who also serves as IESG Chair and as AD for the General Area. > This then is a matter for the IESG, more than the NomCom, or the IETF as a whole. > > This is - I feel sure - one of the things that a NomCom has to > consider in picking folks for IESG membership: there needs to be at > least one AD on the IESG that is both willing and able to take on this role. That applies to the IAB, but not to the IESG. Brian