Minor point: I think the proposal is to delegate authority but not to 
relinquish responsibility.  

Steve

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On Mar 30, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Michael StJohns <mstjo...@comcast.net> wrote:

> Some suggestions:
> 
> 
> Replace "delegate their responsibilities" with ", by written action, delegate 
> specific responsibilities of their position".
> 
> Add after "IESG and IAB respectively."  "A delegation must be reconfirmed if 
> a change in the scope of the delegation is desired."
> 
> Replace "The terms of delegation..." with "The effective duration of 
> delegation shall be selected by the delegator, but shall not extend past the 
> end of that delegator's current term. Delegations may be renewed 
> indefinitely."
> 
> Add at the end "A delegation may be revoked with or without prior notice at 
> any time by the delegating chair or CEO or by action of the confirming body."
> 
> 
> At 07:21 AM 3/30/2011, Olaf Kolkman wrote:
> 
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It 
>> can be found at:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership
>> 
>> The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance:
>> 
>>  The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC President/CEO may
>>  delegate their responsibilities to other persons.  The delegations by
>>  the IETF chair and the IAB chair need to be confirmed by the IESG and
>>  IAB respectively.  The terms of delegation is for a longer term for
>>  instance aligned with the IESG and IAB appointment cycles (roughly
>>  anual).
>> 
>> John Klensin made me aware he also had a similar idea earlier:
>>  http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-klensin-iaoc-member-00.txt
>> 
>> The main difference is between his and this draft is that John's I-D makes 
>> the person the chair delegates to a non-voting liaison. I have a small 
>> preference for the IAB and the IESG keeping the control point, and I 
>> implicitly assume that for IASA matters the persons delegated to will 
>> escalate to the chairs and ask for specific guidance when appropriate. I 
>> realize that for the Trust anybody serves on personal title. For the trust 
>> alignment with the IAOC membership is just a practical considerations.
>> 
>> The shared requirement is unloading the I* chairs and the ISOC president and 
>> empowering the people that serve in that role to organize themselves. (I 
>> should have paid more attention to this much earlier.)
>> 
>> I plan to seek a sponsoring AD for getting this I-D published as a BCP 
>> shortly. 
>> 
>> Assuming this is an appropriate list for further discussion,
>> yours,
>> 
>> --Olaf
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________________________ 
>> 
>> Olaf M. Kolkman                        NLnet Labs
>>                                      Science Park 140, 
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