Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

[as editor:]

It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the question 
on whether it a requirement for the IETF Chair to have a voting position in 
order to effectively perform oversight. Once we figured out where we want to go 
with that we can think about delegation by the chair vs appointment by the 
bodies and the implementation details with respect to the trust.

[as olaf:]

I agree that the IETF chair needs to have a good oversight about what goes on 
in the IETF, to a lesser extend it is good that the IAB has that oversight too 
(specifically with respect to its chartered responsibilities) but I wonder if a 
voting membership is the appropriate instrument.

I believe effective oversight depends on having the appropriate high level 
information and having the opportunity to timely inject information that is 
needed to steer an outcome. An alternative method for sharing and injecting is 
having regular meetings between the I* chairs and the ISOC President/CEO. I 
believe that such meetings are much more effective for the parties involved 
than being exposed to all details.

This only an illustration of an instrument, there may be other instruments for 
oversight as well. But I do not think the ex-officio membership is the only 
method.


--Olaf



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Olaf M. Kolkman                        NLnet Labs
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http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/               1098 XG Amsterdam

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