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Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director

2013-03-05 12:29:47


On 3/4/2013 2:19 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:

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      ADs do not 'lead' the work of their area.  They do not initiate
the work, produce the charters or write the specifications.  Work that
fails or succeeds does so because it has community consensus and demand,
not because an AD was diligent or clever.  The job of an AD is to
facilitate community efforts, not to direct them.

ADs also comprise the IESG, which reviews RFCs before publication.

We should not expect to appoint IESG members that need a tutorial on basic protocol principles. Further, if the TSV AD can't stand up for cong control and other TSV-specific work or TSV-specific concerns raised on other drafts, then who will?

Joe