This isn't really a comment on the text of this draft but... On 08/12/14 21:11, Martin Vigoureux wrote: > > For me what makes a chair a chair is the former, not the latter, because > of the authority dimension. Here's a different (not better, different) perspective: what makes the IETF the IETF is partly the volunteer work ethic - having chairs, ADs etc do grunt work is arguably essential to that. From that perspective, more and better-defined secretarial roles have a (not wholly, just partly) negative aspect. S.