Thanks for moving this along.
On 04/03/2014 07:27, Pete Resnick wrote:
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> ==Issues Still Open==
>
> Should the Ombudsperson be a fixed size team defined in this document?
> A team of three was suggested.
I would suggest something like "one person or a small team" for
now. Experience will tell us the right answer.
> Should the Ombudsperson (all of them) be selected from the IETF
> community, or should wider choice be allowed? There was some suggestion
> about restricting to the community although no measure of previous
> community involvement was suggested.
Again, I think experience will tell us. I think it should be
left flexible for now.
> Where should the Ombudsperson go for professional and legal advice?
> Should there be retained professionals to supply advice on an on-demand
> basis?
If we have an "amateur" with limited experience, s/he will need
advice and I think we should ask ISOC to stand ready to provide
or fund such advice as and when needed. Don't over-design.
>
> Who appoints the Ombudsperson? Who removes them? Who reappoints? Is this
> too much to expect of the IETF chair?
I think we should recommend that the IETF Chair seeks advice
from the IAB Chair and the ISOC President, but I think it's
entirely reasonable to give the Chair this responsibility.
> How to handle the case that the person responsible for appointing the
> Ombudsperson is the Respondent.
It seems sufficient to specify that the Ombudsperson cannot be
fired if such a case is under way.
> To whom are appeals made?
On balance I don't like the proposal in the -00 draft. It is
too inward-looking and we need outside eyes in such a case.
I think we should explore the ISOC Board option (or perhaps
better, a subcommittee of the ISOC Board).
> How to handle the case that someone on the appeals body is the
> Respondent or otherwise involved in a case.
That person is recused; standard operating procedure.
> Should the pre-remedy output of the Ombudsperson be a "sanitized
> summary" of all events as agreed by the Reporter and Respondent (and the
> Subject if an individual exists)?
Ideally. But if such agreement is not possible, the Ombudperson
publishes the summary with a note that the other parties do not
agree with it.
Brian