On 10/10/2014 02:59 AM, Michael StJohns wrote: > At 07:31 PM 10/9/2014, Pete Resnick wrote: >> On 10/9/14 3:03 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: >> .... >> >> If a new AD position is created, I think doing a 3 year appointment >> is most consonant with 3777 3.4, but I don't think 1 year is forbidden. > > You need to read it all. Regular candidates serve a 2 or 3 year > appointment. Mid-term vacancy fillers serve between 1 to three years > depending on when the vacancy occurs. AFAIK we've never made a > normal vacancy 1 year appointment. And I think its been a while since > we've had a 3 year term appointment. I'm going to read the whole thread before I comment on the current situation, but we have done an one-year appointment at least once. In 1998, I was appointed AD for the O&M area for a period of 1 year. This was a special situation, because: a) Both O&M ADs were resigning at the same time, so we needed to do either 1+2 or 3+2 b) I was already on the IESG (switch from apps), so learning curve was percieved to be shorter c) I expressly did not want to change my intention of departing the IESG after 4 years The only lesson worth noting here is that we have a tradition of doing what makes sense.