the normal process for AD replacement involved choosing which of
the
people who had worked with the AD for a long time could do the job
this
time,
In American vernacular, this procedure is known as "cronyism".
Generally, one doesn't expect to see this advocated in a public forum ;-)
I'm thinking the idea might be closer to...
Each AD creates a "staff" of volunteers underneath themselves to help with
all the pesky details of running the IESG. (and in the mean time - they
get help from 2-3 additional people that they are working closely with)
From there each AD could say that "in the last 6 months of my term person
A was really running the show anyway - why don't we let them be the AD for
a while, and I will get back to productive IETF work (or become their
assistant for a while).
Now we have a group of people that knows what they are getting into when
they finally put that yellow dot on.
Another alternative might be rolling terms for each AD, with a (sorry
incoming Intel lingo here) two-in-a-box approach. As a new AD is
approved, the term overlaps with the Old AD for a year. Then they can
serve as long as they want - with the caviat they are expected to give a
year notification so they can serve the last year of their term with the
new incoming AD. (this might just naturally shorten the terms as people
realize it is easier to do the job as a pair than all alone <G>)
Bill
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