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Re: [IAOC] question to the IAOC: new committee members

2016-11-16 21:02:57
So, do you think “personnel decisions” is a transparent process? My 
understanding is that it means if you have some friends, or political reasons 
to select among the volunteers one or the other … you don’t need to explain it.

I really think this is plain wrong.

What worries me, again, is the lack of transparency. It is not the first time I 
feel the IAOC is not acting in a responsible way.

I will say even a basic education matter, because I’m still waiting since 
August 2015, the promised response from the IAOC (the specific matter don't 
care, the point is not having a response at all). Do you think this is a 
reasonable way for the IAOC to just non-respond, despite they said will do?

Is this transparency?

We need a clear process, and you’re right, it is a separate conversation, and 
as I said, my opinion is that committees should not require “external” 
volunteers, which will avoid this kind “personnel decisions”, just having 
enough seats to avoid excess workload among IAOC members.

Regards,
Jordi


-----Mensaje original-----
De: Leslie Daigle <ldaigle(_at_)thinkingcat(_dot_)com>
Responder a: <ldaigle(_at_)thinkingcat(_dot_)com>
Fecha: jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2016, 11:45
Para: JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es>
CC: IAOC IAOC <iaoc(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>, IETF discussion list 
<ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Asunto: Re: [IAOC] question to the IAOC: new committee members

    Jordi,
    Whether or not the structure of the IAOC (size, composition) is right is a 
separate conversation, and let’s leave that aside.
    The IAOC’s Committees are populated by and work at the pleasure of the 
IAOC, which decides who makes sense to put on them, what expertise and 
experience is important at a moment in time, and how best to put people 
together that they believe will work well together.  We do review committee 
membership on (at least) an annual basis.  If that sounds self-serving, it 
perhaps is:  it’s how the IAOC gets work done.  It also means that the 
committees do not make decisions — they do work and present recommendations to 
the IAOC, which makes decisions and takes responsibility for the outcomes.  
    We have not published detailed review our our decision process about 
composing the committees — these are intimately tied to the details of how we 
get our work done and they are, frankly, personnel decisions.   
    In making our call for community volunteers, we did try to be clear about 
what we were looking for.   We are trying to be clear and transparent about who 
is helping us get our work done (i.e., who is on the committees). 
    I understand you are not happy with our choices, and I’m sorry you feel 
that way.   I am around through midday tomorrow if you want to talk about it 
offline.
    Leslie.
    -- 
    ________________________________________
    Leslie Daigle
    Principal, ThinkingCat Enterprises LLC
    ldaigle@thinkingcat.comOn 16 Nov 2016, at 20:21, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
    
    
    Hi Lou,
    
    
    I was aware of the email you mention, and also the Committees page, but 
still fail to see the procedure and how the selection of the candidates was 
done in a way that allows the community to validate the IAOC decision, or even 
appeal it.
    
    
    I will still think that the right way is to accommodate for more seats at 
the IAOC, as the workload can be better measured after 10 years than when it 
was designed.
    
    
    Every time I try to find the minutes of the IAOC are too short, and if 
published too late and quite incomplete. I can’t see the qualifications of the 
volunteers of each committee in which the decision was based. So is that 
transparent?
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Jordi
    
    
    -----Mensaje original-----
    
    De: ietf <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> en nombre de Lou Berger 
<lberger(_at_)labn(_dot_)net>
    
    Responder a: <lberger(_at_)labn(_dot_)net>
    
    Fecha: jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2016, 5:55
    
    Para: "Scott O. Bradner" <sob(_at_)sobco(_dot_)com>, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>, 
<jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es>
    
    CC: IAOC IAOC <iaoc(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>, IETF discussion list 
<ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
    
    Asunto: Re: [IAOC] question to the IAOC: new committee members
    
    
        For reference:
    
    
        
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/current/msg15684.html
    
        Which also points to https://iaoc.ietf.org/committees.html
    
        In looking at both,  the only thing not completely spelled out is
    
        something like:
    
            - ... Candidates are appointed based on the information they
    
        provide, and input received from the existing committee membership and
    
        chairs.  Appointment is finalized once the candidate confirm their
    
        willingness to serve and execute any required non-disclosure. Updated
    
        (and current) committee membership is then published to the community.
    
    
        Lou
    
    
        On 11/17/2016 4:38 AM, Scott O. Bradner wrote:
    
        > there was also a public call for volunteers (which is how we got the 
names)
    
        >
    
        > Scott
    
        >
    
        >> On Nov 16, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
    
        >>
    
        >> Jordi,
    
        >>
    
        >> It's very common for committees to appoint sub-committees, within 
their
    
        >> range of responsibilities, and for sub-committees to coopt experts.
    
        >>
    
        >> I am not in the least shocked by this; in fact given the expansion of
    
        >> the IASA's workload over the last 10 years it seems entirely normal
    
        >> to me. I don't think anything has been hidden, and of course the IAOC
    
        >> as a whole remains responsible for the work of IASA subcommittees,
    
        >> according to section 3.2 of RFC4071. Specifically "The IAOC's mission
    
        >> is not to be engaged in the day-to-day administrative work of the 
IASA,
    
        >> but rather to provide appropriate direction, oversight, and 
approval."
    
        >>
    
        >> Regards
    
        >>   Brian
    
        >>
    
        >> On 16/11/2016 23:38, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
    
        >>> All the IETF positions have rules to be selected, nomcom, etc., and 
there is a great transparency on the process.
    
        >>>
    
        >>> However today we discovered that new members have been selected for 
IAOC committees.
    
        >>>
    
        >>> What have been the rules/process for that?
    
        >>>
    
        >>> One of the questions that have been discussed several times is the 
lack of transparency from the IAOC, and clearly here we have a new 
demonstration of that.
    
        >>>
    
        >>> I hope there is a clear statement from IAOC explaining the process.
    
        >>>
    
        >>> If that not happens, what is the process to appeal that decision, 
so I can follow it?
    
        >>>
    
        >>> We as a community, in my opinion, can’t keep going with this lack 
of transparency.
    
        >>>
    
        >>> Regards,
    
        >>> Jordi
    
        >>>
    
        >>>
    
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