Stewart Bryant <stbryant(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> wrote:
I do have a concern that when the number of ADs falls to one as there
can be issues of conflict of interest that need technical expertise to
resolve. There is also the issue of there being no natural AD for IETF
participants to turn to in such circumstances. It would be useful if
the proposed BCP gave a little guidance to cover such circumstances
such as considering the, perhaps temporary, merging of areas so
that there were three responsible ADs rather than just one.
I suspect what you mean is that individual WGs could have their
Responsible AD temporarily assigned from another Area (or perhaps
their backup AD temporarily assigned).
That probably would have helped when Martin was stuck as sole AD
in the Trasnport area.
And it would be good to allow the IESG leeway to do that. But I'm
not sure it belongs in this document...
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John Leslie <john(_at_)jlc(_dot_)net>