On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/10/2014 8:33 AM, Pete Resnick wrote: >> By appointing someone to the slot now, we're making the re-org harder. > > > Not really. I agree with Dave, What is being proposed here is essentially that the IESG wants to jump out of the plane now so that by doing so they are encouraged to complete their parachute design and implementation before they hit their hard deadline.