I think the term you are all looking for is
factotum
Thanks,
Donald
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Dale R. Worley <worley(_at_)ariadne(_dot_)com>
wrote:
I agree with John and Ted that while "leader" often has the
connotations of boss or controller, its actual meaning is quite broad,
really only limited to "when this person does or says something,
others pay attention to it as being important". All other proposed
terms seem to imply certain *specific* powers, which may not be
accurate for all of them.
Now, as long as the audience for these announcements is the
memberships of the various organizations involved, the terminology
doesn't really matter. IETFers know what the role of the IAB Chair
is, and the roles of the other "leaders" (if they care). And such
meetings help to coordinate efforts that are of common interest.
It gets more interesting if the organizations are collectively
attempting to increase their influence in what is called "Internet
governance", the mass of laws, treaties, customs, business
arrangements, etc., etc. that altogether determine how the Internet
actually works from the point view of users. Of the seven bullet
points mentioned in the announcement, six of them seem to be of this
nature. For instance, "Preparations for the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary
Conference".
From that point of view, some care needs to be taken to ensure that
the words that are used support the political influence that is
desired.
Dale