See 3.2 of RFC 7776 The underlying assumption was that the team requires a skillset that is rare in the IETF context and also hard to assess (we, as regular IETF participants, lack the topic-specific knowledge to make choices between candidates). The IETF chair, therefore, is instructed by RFC 7776 to look for candidates and take advice as widely as necessary in order to make selections and form a team. Section 3.8 tells you what to do if you believe there is a problem with the way the IETF chair has made the selection, although I would encourage you to first have a private email exchange with the IETF chair in this case. Regards, Adrian (co-pen-holder for RFC 7776) -----Original Message----- From: ietf <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of heasley Sent: 11 January 2019 17:43 To: ietf@xxxxxxxx Cc: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Ombudsteam update Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:35:40PM -0500, IETF Chair: > The IETF ombudsteam <https://www.ietf.org/contact/ombudsteam/> is a designated group of people who have been selected to handle reports of potential harassment in the IETF. Why are these appointed rather than elected positions?
