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Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 07:23:25
Olaf,

I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It 
can be found at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership

The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance:

   The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC President/CEO may
   delegate their responsibilities to other persons.  The delegations by
   the IETF chair and the IAB chair need to be confirmed by the IESG and
   IAB respectively.

I agree with the concept but I do think that it needs a bit more work, in
particular who can be selected as a delegate.   Right now, the IETF and
IAB chair are selected from a group of people selected by the nomcom
and the nomcom can keep in mind that the person they select have to serve
on the IAOC when selecting people.

With this proposal, it is possible to appoint a delegate outside the
pool of people appointed by the nomcom.  That is a significant difference
from the present approach.

There is also RFC4071:

   Although the IAB, the IESG, and the ISOC Board of Trustees choose
   some members of the IAOC, those members do not directly represent the
   bodies that chose them.  All members of the IAOC are accountable
   directly to the IETF community.

If this proposal is implemented, who is accountable to the community?  The
IAB/IESG chair or the delegate?

What would work for me, is something like

   The IETF chair and the IAB chair may delegate their responsibilities to
   another member of the IESG or IAB respectively.  The delegate is accountable
   to the IETF community.  The delegations by [...]

This gives a pool of O(15) nomcom selected candidates, and the IAB/IESG can
select one for this job.

Also:

 The terms of delegation is for a longer term for
   instance aligned with the IESG and IAB appointment cycles (roughly
   anual).

I think you mean:

  The delegation is for an one year term, aligned with the IAB and IESG
  appointment cycles and can be renewed.

Finally, I think you have to check RFC4071 to make sure there are no clashes.

Henk

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