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Re: [IAB] Call for Comment: <draft-iab-rfc3677bis> (IETF ISOC Board of Trustee Appointment Procedures)

2016-04-20 15:14:41
one other thing I should make clear - this is a proposal and the ISOC Board 
will be asking for input on it
it should not be seen as a fait accompli  - a special address is being setup 
for the comments & the request will
be sent out in the next few days

Scott



On Apr 20, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Scott O. Bradner <sob(_at_)sobco(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

since we are talking about it - here is the proposal - it would have come out 
in the next few days anyway

Current bylaws text in Article II section 3:
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Any vacancy for a Board seat filled by election shall be filled by including 
the open seat in the next regular election or selection process for that seat 
after the vacancy occurs so long as a call for nominations has not been 
announced. If an election includes seats with terms or remaining terms that 
are unequal in length, then the seat with the longest term shall be filled by 
the candidate receiving the most votes, the seat with the next longest term 
shall be filled by the candidate receiving the next most votes, and so on.

Any vacancy for a board seat filled by the Internet Engineering Task Force 
shall be filled by the Internet Engineering Task Force using a process of 
their own choosing.

Any Trustee elected or appointed by the above processes to fill a vacancy 
will hold office commencing at the start of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 
following their election or appointment.


Proposal:
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remove "or selection" from the first sentence of the first paragraph.
Reason:

to be consistent with proposed change to Article 2 section 1.


Proposal: replace 2nd paragraph with the following:
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Any vacancy for a Board seat filled by the Internet Engineering Task Force 
shall be filled by including the open seat in the next regular appointment 
process for that seat after the vacancy occurs so long as a call for 
candidates has not been announced. If an appointment process includes seats 
with terms or remaining terms that are unequal in length, then Internet 
Engineering Task Force shall decide which appointment is to receive which 
term though a mechanism of its own choosing.


Reason:
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to remove the confusion that would result if the IETF were to fill a vacancy 
and the selection would not be able to be seated until the next AGM and to 
make the vacancy processes consistent for all trustees