On Oct 9, 2014, at 11:11 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > There might well be people who would be able and willing to > volunteer for a transition job with the understanding that it > would be a one-year commitment at most and might even turn out > to be a six month one with a graceful opportunity to step down > because the needed job was completed. The problem is that the learning curve is longer than a year, so there's not likely to be a great deal of utility in doing this. A new AD is better than no AD if you need a new AD, but if you don't, what's the point? I would have been very frustrated if my first year of being an AD were my only year.