On 29/07/2015 15:00, John C Klensin wrote:
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> --On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 18:23 -0400 "Scott O. Bradner"
> <sob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> fwiw - based on your & Dave's previous comments I am
>> removing this level of detail from the draft and just saying
>> that the IAOC will develop processes for the transition and
>> elections
>
> I think that makes more sense.
>
>> I can also say that the processes will be subject to public
>> comment before adoption
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>> that said, I see problems with having the previous chair run
>> the elections in almost all cases if the previous chairs term
>> is up they would not likely be in the meeting and if the term
>> is not up the person, more often than not, will be running for
>> an additional term.
>> ...
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> More as an observation than something I think should be written
> specifically into the document, but, at least until other things
> change, there are guaranteed to be three people on the IAOC who
> are not going to be the next Chair (can't remember whether BCP
> 101 prohibits it, but I think we can count on busy schedules and
> other commitments if it does not) and who either have, or soon
> will have, lots of experience chairing meetings) -- the IETF
> Chair, the IAB Chair, and the ISOC President (in no particular
> order). Any of them could be drafted as interim Chair for the
> purpose of chairing a meeting to select a regular Chair without
> any of the concerns associated with your scenario.
I'm on travel so cannot consult my copy of Roberts Rules, but I
assume there is a conventional solution to this problem, which
certainly isn't unique to the IAOC. (I'm not outraged by the IAD
acting temporarily as a non-voting chair, if no other solution
offers itself.)
Brian