On 2011-04-22 05:49, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On 4/21/11 10:38 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: >> >> On 4/20/2011 2:21 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: >>> In the case of the IETF Chair I believe the issue is that it's >>> highly desirable, from a governance viewpoint, that the IETF Chair >>> has *personal* responsibility in IAOC decisions, >> >> Why? >> >> What happens if the person in that role is not specifically "accountable"? > > We have the potential for disconnect between the business of the ietf > and the business of running the ietf. We had that before so it's not a > hypothetical scenario.
Exactly. My personal experience as IETF Chair was that the administrative work, which we engineers have a lordly tendency to dismiss as trivial, is truly vital to making the IETF work properly. I just can't conceive of an IETF Chair decoupling from the chain of responsibility for this. Just to repeat myself: the IAOC workload represents a substantial *reduction* of the IETF Chair workload (and stress load) compared to the pre-IAOC situation. > >> And by the way, what does it mean to be accountable in the way that you >> consider so important? > > It means that the ability to perform the iaoc function is a > consideration for filling and retaining the role of ietf chair. Exactly. An IETF Chair who doesn't see this as fundamental would be a bad choice. > >> What actions flow from that accountability? Failure in this part of the role would be a strong signal to NomCom if the Chair wants to re-up, and dramatic failure would be potential grounds for recall. Brian _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
