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Hi Spencer, I usually leave “silly rabbit ...” lines to the ADs - they’re better at that than I am ;-). Currently, with the exception of the IETF Chair, ADs are selected with a strong focus on specific expertise in an Area. I was suggesting adding a few “At-Large” ADs who
would be selected with a strong focus on generalist skills, and I think I saw other comments in favor of adding generalists to the IESG during discussion of the initial area merge proposal. The At-Large ADs could serve as out-of-area ADs to spread the WG management load. In addition, the existence of At-Large AD positions could help the NomCom; if for some
Area, the preferable slate of new AD candidates and continuing ADs is missing an important chunk of expertise, perhaps one of the good At-Large AD candidates would have that expertise. Thanks, From: Spencer Dawkins at IETF [mailto:spencerdawkins.ietf@xxxxxxxxx]
Hi, David, You mentioned intentionally including one or more ADs who were generalists on the IESG, during Admin Plenary open mike time last night. I think I understood what you mean by that, because I responded to your comment and you didn't say "no, silly rabbit, what I'm saying is ..." But could you give us a sentence or two about what you're thinking? (I think I agree, but I'd like to make sure I'm agreeing with what you're thinking!) Thanks, Spencer |