John - editing to get directly to your questions:
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 18:45 -0400, John C Klensin wrote:
(1) What would it take to convince you that putting in a term or
two as AD --not a life sentence, but a term or two-- was an
obligation you, as long-term participants and contributors, owed
the community?
I do see a term or two as AD as an obligation - that I haven't chosen to
fulfill. I have seriously considered allowing the nomcom to add my name
to the list of candidates for AD a couple of times (and may have left
may name on the list once, but I can't recall with certainty), but have
always decided against it in the end. I have the delusion that I would
be able to make a positive contribution. However, from what I've been
able to learn about the commitment to the job, I have not been willing
to make the professional and personal tradeoffs (even sacrifices)
required to fulfill the responsibilities.
And, I already seem to have a life sentence as chair of the dhc WG...
(2) How, if at all, would the AD job have to change in order to
make volunteering on that basis plausible for you? Please
don't just answer "lower workload": if that is all or part of
the answer, what would you get rid of and what would you do with
it?
I don't know of specific ways to change the job enough to make it
plausible. More important would be to find myself in a professional and
personal situation where I, my family and my employer would be willing
to commit the necessary time (15-25 hrs/wk? and IETF weeks) and travel
to fulfill the commitments.
- Ralph
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