Re: IESG workload problem (Re: Should I* opinions be afforded a special

Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> Joe Touch wrote:
> > Brian E Carpenter wrote:
...
> > I don't see increasing the areas; I see splitting them down as a
> > possible way. Leaving an AD at the top level with less work, and having
> > sub-ADs report to them.
> draft-iesg-alvestrand-twolevel, published October 2003, proposed
> something of that sort.
>
> Last trace of discussion I could find with Google was the Geneva IESG
> retreat in 2005 (?), with the quote:
>
> "We discussed whether there was a need to formalize this into a
> two-level delegation system, but concluded that there was no workload
> advantage in formally changing the primary role of the Area Directors."
>
> I still don't believe that anything significantly less radical will make
> a significant difference to the "IESG workload problem". 
Agreed - perhaps 3-level. ;-)

> But at the
> moment, the IESG/IETF interface doesn't seem to be in "immediate crisis"
> mode, so I guess we'll survive another year.
That depends on who you ask; IMO, the dearth of certain communities in
the IESG and IAB has been a continuing cause for concern.

Joe

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