those 3 people plus the ISOC appointed IAOC member can not be chair asking one of these does make sense - but I think that should not be in this “update BCP 101” document fwiw - Ray has been actually running the process for at least as long as I’ve been on the IAOC that does not mean that he should continue to do so, it is just a factoid Scott > On Jul 28, 2015, at 11:00 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > --On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 18:23 -0400 "Scott O. Bradner" > <sob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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 > >> 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. >> ... > > 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. > > john > >