On 05-Nov-19 22:24, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: .... > The past few generic IESG job descriptions (as sent to Nomcom) have had > some interesting text in this front (quoting from > https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2019/expertise/#pos-iesg-members): > > % An AD should be able to personally review every Internet-Draft that they > % sponsor. For other Internet-Drafts an AD needs to be satisfied that > % adequate review has taken place, though many ADs personally review these > % documents as well. I'm sure the last clause is true, but maybe it's an error to include it in the job description almost as if it is a duty. On 06-Nov-19 05:35, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) wrote: > 1) AD are 'responsible' so they do need to check the intensive work of WG, shepherd, IETF last call and directorate Yes, but that does *not* necessarily require this: > 6) reviews are probably 50% of our time And Eric also said: > 2) sometimes the directorate reviews come too late for the IESG ballot for approval In that case, perhaps the response should be to defer the ballot automatically, and make it public that the reason is a late review. Also, do some areas only request telechat reviews? In my experience in Gen-ART, most issues and fixes occur during Last Call reviews, so that the telechat review is often a formality. On 06-Nov-19 08:17, Kathleen Moriarty wrote: >> Does every AD read all the drafts? I don't know. But changing the process to say one AD from each area would reduce the load. > > Some divide it up. Pete & Barry had a split. If there was a big load, Stephen would start from one end of the list and I'd start from the other. We both mostly wanted to 'read' them all though. The word that stands out for me is "wanted". Similarly, it's because I *want* to track the technology that I've been a Gen-ART reviewer for many years. But if (as people say every year at about this time) we really need to reduce the AD workload to something more like part-time, some things have to change. It seems to me that the IESG itself can make such changes, since this is a matter of procedures rather than our formal rules. It's too late for this year, but maybe next year's NomCom could have an easier job. Brian
