Hi Olaf,
First of all, I would like to say that I appreciate the answers you
have provided over the years as IAB Chair and the patience you have displayed.
At 09:52 30-03-2011, Olaf Kolkman wrote:
The point of this paragraph is that, when a new chair joins the
chair and get a feel for what is going on and therefore may wait a
while until the responsibility is delegated, so it may not be
aligned appointment cycle. Also you would want some continuity,
hence a long term.
Trying to rephrase:
For continuity purposes the terms of delegation should be for a
longer period, roughly annual.
Quoting the Abstract:
"This memo allows I* chairs to delegate the responsibilities under
their ex officio membership to the IAOC to somebody else"
If Russ and you follow that, you could get away with a short draft
along the lines of draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership-00 as you
are not upsetting the model too much. If you want to put in
continuity, it can be argued that the ex officio members are
immediately replaced once they no longer hold office.
There is a difference between delegation and appointment. An annual
term which overlaps a change in chairs is like the Chair nominating
someone and the relevant body approving the appointment. Bob
Hinden[1] and Marshall Eubanks [2] commented on the nature of the
delegation. I agree with some of the points they raised.
There is already one member appointed by the IAB and one by the
IAB. "Those members do not directly represent the bodies that chose
them". If there is ex officio membership which allows delegation,
the person is a representative of the Chair and could be instructed
by the Chair when it comes to voting (see IOAC procedures). That can
conflict with some parts of BCP 101.
My reading of John's proposal (draft-klensin-iaoc-member-00) is that
it is framed in such a way to avoid some of the issues that can occur
with draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership-00. When delegating
responsibility, one should also consider accountability. Having a
non-voting liaison side steps that.
Regards,
-sm
1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg66055.html
2. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg66068.html
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