Re: draft-klensin-iaoc-member-01 (was: Re: I-D Action: draft-hardie-iaoc

> > There may be a reason from the IAOC's point of view to require the ISOC 
> > president in the
> > ISOC slot, but then again there may not - I'd like to hear from them on this 
> > point.
> Well, I don't think that it's really the IAOC's call.
(Background for others - the IAOC has ISOC CEO as an ex officio member in the 
board, but ISOC also names one of the other members.)

I wanted to provide my opinion.

For what it is worth, while the CEO hopefully does not spent a huge amount of 
time with various IAOC detail issues, I have found the presence of the CEO 
extremely helpful on a number of occasions. There are some big topics where it 
has been very important for her (or them) to be in the team. IETF and ISOC are 
bound together from the administrative and financial perspective, and there are 
some topics where the leadership just has to be involved.

Now, I am not saying that the ex officio slot has to be filled by the CEO. And 
different CEOs might have different skill sets and focus areas, and there are 
other arrangements with respect to the role in the IAOC. Other people, for 
instance, the CTO, could and have filled in many situations. But what I am 
saying is that there are some topics where there CEO pretty much has to be 
involved, either as part of the team or otherwise, because they are core 
questions not just to us but also for ISOC in their role. How is financing of 
the IETF going to evolve in the future? What ISOC share of IETF’s budget is 
feasible? Are you going to back us up if X happens? How do we approach a large 
sponsorship discussion? These are all questions that we have to deal with.

Jari

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