> On Nov 6, 2019, at 5:34 AM, Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > On 05/11/2019 21:50, Michael Richardson wrote: >> >> Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> If we want the IESG job to be more reasonably sized, we have to take >>> work away from the ADs. As far as I can see, that means taking away >>> their duty of acting as final reviewers. I don't want to name names >>> because I don't think the ADs are to be blamed individually, but some >>> of them spend *enormous* effort on detailed reviews. >> >> +1 >> >> I think that there is a lack of trust by ADs of the various directorates. > > Other ADs have commented on this, but I think I need to repeat what they > said and expand on it. > > Results are vary varied. Some are quite good (e.g. Gen-Art) and others > really depend on reviewer. ADs responsible for Directorates are faces > with the choice of firing half of their Directorates (which has some > rather unfortunate consequences) and/or raise the bar on who should be > allowed to join. We already struggle to recruit people at all levels of > our organization. > > Best Regards, > Alexey We shouldn't be depending on last-minute quality checks to maintain the quality of our output. Working groups should be producing documents that are ready to publish, and develop trust that their documents are high quality. - Ralph >
