Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-19 Thread Margaret Wasserman
I also agree.
If we are looking for an executive-level person capable of serving as 
top-level management for a multi-million dollar activity, I think 
that a professional executive search would be worthwhile.

Margaret
At 5:23 PM -0500 12/19/04, Scott Bradner wrote:
jck sed:
 Personally, I think I'd be happier with a
 professionally-conducted search, but YMMD (and probably does).
I agree (fwiw)
I suggested directly to the IASA TT but did not get a positive respose so
I'll suggest here - I'd sure like to have a professional in the field
of looking for people of this type at least take a look at the
job description (which struck me, maybe not as strongly as it did jck,
not up to professional grade).
Scott
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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-19 Thread Joel M. Halpern
I have no objection to having a professional look over the job 
description.  That is probably a good idea.

A full professional search is in my opinion not warranted or useful.  I 
have worked with a number of executive search firms on senior level 
searches.  They are very useful if what you want is already in their 
portfolio.  The further it is from their norm, the less return you get on 
the very high investment.

Note: this is a general comment.  There are individuals in the search 
profession who are very good and add value worth their cost.  But they are 
few and far between.

Yours,
Joel M. Halpern
At 05:23 PM 12/19/2004, Scott Bradner wrote:
jck sed:
> Personally, I think I'd be happier with a
> professionally-conducted search, but YMMD (and probably does).
I agree (fwiw)
I suggested directly to the IASA TT but did not get a positive respose so
I'll suggest here - I'd sure like to have a professional in the field
of looking for people of this type at least take a look at the
job description (which struck me, maybe not as strongly as it did jck,
not up to professional grade).
Scott
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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-19 Thread Scott Bradner

jck sed:
> Personally, I think I'd be happier with a 
> professionally-conducted search, but YMMD (and probably does). 

I agree (fwiw)
I suggested directly to the IASA TT but did not get a positive respose so
I'll suggest here - I'd sure like to have a professional in the field
of looking for people of this type at least take a look at the 
job description (which struck me, maybe not as strongly as it did jck,
not up to professional grade).

Scott

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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-19 Thread John C Klensin
Harald,
Perhaps I'm the only one for whom the schedule on this has 
prevented comments: the IETF is not my full-time job and other 
priorities took over the last week or two.  But I have finally 
had the opportunity to browse through the comments today.   I 
find most of them interesting and helpful, but they are also not 
completely consistent.  For example, at least one set of 
comments pointed out the "COO of the IETF" is a statement not 
justified by the draft BCP test and that it has significant 
implications.  Another set indicated approval of that 
terminology, the others did not comment on it.   I think there 
are other, similar, cases.  Still other comments point, I think, 
to a fairly significant change in tone and, in particular, the 
need to better establish the level of this position and its 
relationship to other bodies.   In my personal experience, and 
that of many of the HR and recruiting professionals with whom 
I've had discussions over the years, job descriptions that leave 
too much open encourage applications from inappropriate people 
and, especially for relatively senior positions, actually 
discourage appropriate people from applying.

This is, as some of the commenters pointed out, important.  It 
is important enough, IMO, that it really should represent 
community consensus, especially if the job description cannot be 
checked against a BCP that is still under discussion and 
development.

Given that, and given also that, at least in this case, 
contradictory comments should not, IMO, be taken as "do whatever 
you like", I want to make two very strong suggestions to you and 
the transition team:

(1) Don't just take the comments, figure out what you think they 
mean and how they should be reconciled, rewrite the description 
and send it out.   Instead, post it back to the IETF list for a 
quick review by the community before declaring it as the final 
job description.   My experience is that nothing happens in the 
week before the Xmas holiday anyway: whether you get the job 
description posted on Monday or Thursday is unlikely to make any 
practical difference.  For that reason, I share the skepticism 
of some of the comments about trying to start evaluations, and 
perhaps fill the position, on January 15, but that is another 
issue.

(2) Please review, within the Transition Team and in conjunction 
with whatever budget you are working from, whether the nature of 
this position is such that it would be appropriate to engage 
professional executive search/ recruiting talent to review and 
edit the job description for us even if not to conduct the 
search itself.  Personally, I think I'd be happier with a 
professionally-conducted search, but YMMD (and probably does). 
As others have commented in other ways, we are not looking for 
an administrative assistant here, but someone on whose skills, 
experience, talent, and effectiveness the future and functioning 
of the IETF may critically depend.  To me, at least, several 
aspects of the way in which the description is written scream 
out "amateur job".  That isn't a comment about content, but 
about style of presentation.  But it isn't clear to me that we 
can afford the appearance of amateur jobs: just as an amateurish 
resume can sometimes prevent an otherwise-qualified candidate 
from getting the attention and interviews needed to get a job, 
an amateurish job description may convince people we would like 
to have apply that we don't have our acts together sufficiently 
to be an organization he or she wants to work for or with.

regards,
  john
--On Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:18 AM +0100 Harald Tveit 
Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Brian, Avri, Allison, Spencer and Adrian: Thank you for your
feedback!
Kurtis is off on holidays now, so I'll be taking on the job of
integrating your comments with the text of the announcement.
We're aiming to get it out on Monday (Friday proved
over-ambitious).
Thanks again!

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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-19 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Brian, Avri, Allison, Spencer and Adrian: Thank you for your feedback!
Kurtis is off on holidays now, so I'll be taking on the job of integrating 
your comments with the text of the announcement.

We're aiming to get it out on Monday (Friday proved over-ambitious).
Thanks again!
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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-17 Thread Allison Mankin
Kurt, all,

Sorry these comments are so late.  I hope they will be read,
though, since I've been deployed on so many IETF operations...

I reviewed the BCP draft on the IAD role, and what I think the IAD position
should be like.  My major issue with the job description is that it
makes the IAD too much of a supporting position to a committee of bosses.
The IESG has at times with all good intentions acted as a committee
of bosses to the Secretariat.  We finally learned that that there must
be careful channeling, so that any message which is to be executed comes
from one designated voice.

But further, someone who manages contractor organizations and has signing 
authority at some level, should be entrusted to become skilled at running the
IETF operations at their top performance levels, so the IAOC volunteers
don't take the work as their work.  The job description should express that
the IAOC is quite senior, though under the oversight of the committee
I would not think of this as the IAD's being the committee's staff.
I would think of the IAD and the contractors as being the *IETF's* business
arm, with the committee being the board of that, and having IAD report
to them and having oversight over the IAD.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
 "You will report to the Internet Adminstrative Oversight Committee (IAOC)
 be accountable to the IETF community" [note missing "and"]
This is the root of my first comment - "report to" - I think we can leave
this and perhaps my comment really needs to be addressed in the BCP?


 "Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
 administrative resource for the IETF"
This is the root of my second comment.  Can it be dropped?


A few more comments inline.

> >The IETF Administrative Entity is seeking a highly capable 
> > individual
> >to serve as Administrative Director. You will report to the
> >Internet Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) be accountable
> >to the IETF community. This is a highly visible and very demanding
> >job. You will be expected to:
> >
> >oWorking with the IAOC to document and cater for the 
> > administrative
> > requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF.
> >
> >oEstablish the IASA/IETF annual budgets, and the financial
> > administration and reporting of IASA/IETF.
> >
> >oWork with ISOC and various service providers to establish
> > appropriate agreed budgets and related financial and performance
> > reporting.
> >
> >oContract negotiations with service providers, and establish
> > procedures for meassuring the performance of these providers.
> >
> >oEventual mangagement of support staff and contractors.
> >
> >oServe as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
> > managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
> > volunteers.
I like this.

> >
> >oWork with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
> > the IANA.
> >
> >oCoordinate the standards-making support process, in particular 
> > the
> > periodic meetings of the IESG.
There's a lot more to standards-making support than our meetings, so
I'm not sure about just calling out the meetings, even if "periodic" makes
sense.  Maybe "Coordinate the correct functions of the standards-making process,
in particular the regular meetings of the IESG, but also all other aspects,
wherever they are managed."

> >
> >oServe as the primary staff resource for the governing body of 
> > the
> > administrative entity for the IETF.
> >
> >oWork with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
> > provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
> > annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
> > IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF.
> >
> >
> >The following characteristics are necessary for this job:
> >
> >oThis job is public service. You should be able to work
> > successfully with large numbers of people. This requires a high
> > clock rate, a large stack, and the ability to listen carefully.
> >
> >oThis is an operations job. IETF meetings are large and complex,
> > and the day-to-day activities of the standards-making process is
> > demanding. You should be adept at getting real results and
> > helping large groups work together towards common goals and
> > deadlines.
> >
> >oThis is a public job. You will be required to present the
> > results and achievements of the IASA in front of the community
> > as well as dealing with questions from individual members of the
> > community. The goal of IASA is to achieve as much transparency
> > as possible so good communication skills, and previous similar
> > experiences are valued.
> >
> >oThis job requires a financially astute individual. The IETF is a
> > $2-$3 million/year ope

Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread avri
On 16 dec 2004, at 04.18, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
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  The IETF Administrative Entity
Isn't it the transition team that is seeking the IAD at this point?
is seeking a highly capable individual
  to serve as Administrative Director. You will report to the
  Internet Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) be accountable
  to the IETF community. This is a highly visible and very demanding
  job.
Shouldn't we state explicitly that the IAD will be an employee of ISOC?
You will be expected to:
  o Working with the IAOC to document and cater for the administrative
requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF.
cater is a difficult word that ussually refers to food.  I would 
recommend 'provide for'

  o Establish the IASA/IETF annual budgets, and the financial
administration and reporting of IASA/IETF.
These should be established in cooperation with ISOC and IASA.  This 
will not be done in isolation.

   o Work with ISOC and various service providers to establish
appropriate
 agreed budgets and related financial and performance reporting.
  o Contract negotiations with service providers, and establish
procedures for meassuring the performance of these providers.
  o Eventual mangagement of support staff and contractors.
  o Serve as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
volunteers.
Have we gone so far as to call this job the COO of the IETF?
Not only is the IETF not an organization that is structured to have a 
COO, but i think giving this position the COO designation may be 
misleading.

  o Work with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
the IANA.
liaison?
  o Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
administrative entity for the IETF.

What does this mean?
  o Work with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF.
  The following characteristics are necessary for this job:
  o This job is public service. You should be able to work
successfully with large numbers of people. This requires a high
clock rate, a large stack,
Well, i understand how you would measure these thing in a robot, but I 
am not sure how to determine these capabilities in a human.  I think, 
it might be better to refer to  these attributes in human terms; 
something like the ability to handle a multitude of simultaneous tasks.

and the ability to listen carefully.

  o This is an operations job. IETF meetings are large and complex,
and the day-to-day activities of the standards-making process is
demanding. You should be adept at getting real results and
helping large groups work together towards common goals and
deadlines.
should we mention that the nature of working together is consensus 
based?

  o This is a public job. You will be required to present the
results and achievements of the IASA in front of the community
as well as dealing with questions from individual members of the
community. The goal of IASA is to achieve as much transparency
and accountability?
as possible so good communication skills, and previous similar
experiences are valued.
  o This job requires a financially astute individual. The IETF is a
$2-$3 million/year operation. IETF funds are tight and we expect
you to take leadership in establishing our budgetary procedures,
our procurement standards, and understanding our revenue sources.
  In-depth familiarity with the IETF prior to assuming this position is
  not required, but you must be able to quickly get up to speed and
  learn the unique culture and requirements of the organization.
Should we require experience in running a similar type of operation?
  Likewise, long-term technical experience is not required, but you
  must be a quick learner and adept at using the Internet effectively.
  The Internet Society is based in Reston, Virginia and the job will
  require a high level of travel for IETF meetings and preparation and
  related meetings.
  You may work out of a home office as a telecommuter, or use the
  Internet Society facilities in Virginia. In either case, you should
  be prepared to travel to Virginia, IETF meetings, and the locations
  where the IETF has contractors.
  Salary levels commensurate with experience and qualifications.
you might want to ask applicants to state salary requirements
  You must be fluent in spoken and written english.
  Applicants should forward a resume, references,
should ask for a certain number of references
and any other
  relevant materials, with a cover letter explaining why they feel they
  are the right person for this position written in text or PDF, in an
  email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Applications will be evaluated starting January 

Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread Brian E Carpenter

The current timeline for moving forward is as follows
DEC 18  Send out call for applications to
o IETF-Announce list
o ISOC announcement lists
o NANOG, SANOG, NORDNOG, AFNOG, etc
o Ask RIRs to forward to their respective announcement lists
That's pretty tight... 24 hours for IETF comments?
JAN 15 evaluation of applicants start
Even if you get it out this week, that is also tight due to the
various holidays. I think you will have to accept applications at
least until end January.
Comments and suggested changes below.
We would appreciate any feedback as soon as possible, either on the 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] list OR directly to the IASA team at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On behalf of the IASA-TT
- - kurtis -
  The IETF Administrative Entity 
There is no such thing defined - we have only defined the
IETF Administrative Support Activity.
  is seeking a highly capable individual
  to serve as Administrative Director. You will report to the
  Internet Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) be accountable
Flame-bait! It's the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee. Also
there is a missing "and" after "(IAOC)".
  to the IETF community. This is a highly visible and very demanding
  job. You will be expected to:
  o Working with the IAOC to document and cater for the administrative
requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF.
  o Work with the IAOC to document the administrative
requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF, and manage
their implementation.
  o Establish the IASA/IETF annual budgets, and the financial
administration and reporting of IASA/IETF.
  o Establish the IASA/IETF annual budgets and the financial
administration of IASA, and be responsible for their reporting
to the IETF.
   o Work with ISOC and various service providers to establish 
appropriate
 agreed budgets and related financial and performance reporting.

  o Contract negotiations with service providers, and establish
procedures for meassuring the performance of these providers.
  o Negotiate contracts with service providers, and establish
procedures for measuring and reporting the performance of these
providers.
  o Eventual mangagement of support staff and contractors.
  o If applicable, mangage support staff and contractors.
  o Serve as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
volunteers.
  o Work with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
the IANA.
These are not liaisons. The RFC Editor is under contract and the IANA
operates under an MOU. They are service providers and should not be
mentioned at all in this document as special cases.

  o Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
administrative entity for the IETF.
What on earth does that mean? I think it just means "you report to the
IAOC" which is stated above. I recommend deleting it.

  o Work with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF. 

Add:
  o Work with contractors and members of the IETF community
to ensure support for the IETF's various on line systems
and tools, used to support IETF activities and to make IETF
drafts and specifications generally available to the public.
  The following characteristics are necessary for this job:
  o This job is public service. You should be able to work
successfully with large numbers of people. This requires a high
clock rate, a large stack, and the ability to listen carefully.
mention international nature of the community
  o This is an operations job. IETF meetings are large and complex,
and the day-to-day activities of the standards-making process is
demanding. You should be adept at getting real results and
helping large groups work together towards common goals and
deadlines.
  o This is a public job. You will be required to present the
results and achievements of the IASA in front of the community
as well as dealing with questions from individual members of the
community. The goal of IASA is to achieve as much transparency
as possible so good communication skills, and previous similar
experiences are valued.
  o This job requires a financially astute individual. The IETF is a
$2-$3 million/year operation. IETF funds are tight and we expect
you to take leadership in establishing our budgetary procedures,
our procurement standards, and understanding our revenue sources.
  o This job requires a good understanding of modern information
technology including networks, but does not necessarily require
the individual appointed to be an IT or networking specialist.

  In-depth familiarity with the IETF prior to assuming this positio

Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Thanks for the comments, Adrian!
--On torsdag, desember 16, 2004 12:06:02 + Adrian Farrel 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Typos etc. are easily fixed (in-line).
Isn't it normal to give a closing date for applications rather than to
say when evaluation of applications will start? It might also be usual
to indicate from when we are hoping to fill the post.
The date for filling the post is "ASAP" - but this is an important 
position. If we have to wait 6 months before the best available person can 
disentangle from other arrangements, so be it - but if the obviously 
qualified person is able to drop whatever he/she's doing and start on Jan 
15, I'm sure we'll figure out some way to make that happen too.

Is "Salary levels commensurate with experience and qualifications" a
cop-out? You might say "expected to be in the range..."
It's a cop-out - we don't know what we need to pay to get the people we 
want.

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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Is "Salary levels commensurate with experience and qualifications" a
cop-out? You might say "expected to be in the range..."
Adrian
Agree with Adrian here - "commensurate" makes sense when you hire 
several people with a range of experience, or when you are waiting to 
see who actually applies before approving budget for a position.

The first condition does not apply here, and I'm having a hard time 
imagining someone being selected for the position with a LOT less 
experience than we expected the selected candidate to have.

No, don't name a number, but naming a range is likely to help people 
decide whether you're actually looking for THEM!

Spencer 


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Re: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread Adrian Farrel
Typos etc. are easily fixed (in-line).

Isn't it normal to give a closing date for applications rather than to
say when evaluation of applications will start? It might also be usual
to indicate from when we are hoping to fill the post.

Is "Salary levels commensurate with experience and qualifications" a
cop-out? You might say "expected to be in the range..."

Adrian
- Original Message - 
From: "Kurt Erik Lindqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:18 AM
Subject: Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT


> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
>
> All,
>
> please find below the draft call for applications for the IAD
position.
> The current timeline for moving forward is as follows
>
> DEC 18 Send out call for applications to
> o IETF-Announce list
> o ISOC announcement lists
> o NANOG, SANOG, NORDNOG, AFNOG, etc
> o Ask RIRs to forward to their respective announcement lists
> JAN 15 evaluation of applicants start
>
> We would appreciate any feedback as soon as possible, either on the
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] list OR directly to the IASA team at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On behalf of the IASA-TT
>
> - - kurtis -
>
>
>   The IETF Administrative Entity is seeking a highly capable
individual
>   to serve as Administrative Director. You will report to the
>   Internet Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) be accountable

s/(IAOC) be/(IAOC) and be/

>   to the IETF community. This is a highly visible and very demanding
>   job. You will be expected to:
>
>   o Working with the IAOC to document and cater for the administrative

s/Working/Work/

> requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF.
>
>   o Establish the IASA/IETF annual budgets, and the financial
> administration and reporting of IASA/IETF.

If you mean that there are two separate operations here:
1. establish budgets
2. establish financial admin and reporting
I suggest you split this into two bullets

>o Work with ISOC and various service providers to establish
> appropriate agreed budgets and related financial and performance
> reporting.
>
>   o Contract negotiations with service providers, and establish

s/Contract negotiations/Negotiate contracts/

> procedures for meassuring the performance of these providers.
>
>   o Eventual mangagement of support staff and contractors.

s/Eventual mangagement/Assume eventual mangagement/

>   o Serve as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
> managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
> volunteers.
>
>   o Work with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
> the IANA.
>
>   o Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
> administrative entity for the IETF.
>
>   o Work with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
> provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
> annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
> IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF.
>
>   The following characteristics are necessary for this job:
>
>   o This job is public service. You should be able to work
> successfully with large numbers of people. This requires a high
> clock rate, a large stack, and the ability to listen carefully.
>
>   o This is an operations job. IETF meetings are large and complex,
> and the day-to-day activities of the standards-making process is
> demanding. You should be adept at getting real results and
> helping large groups work together towards common goals and
> deadlines.
>
>   o This is a public job. You will be required to present the
> results and achievements of the IASA in front of the community
> as well as dealing with questions from individual members of the
> community. The goal of IASA is to achieve as much transparency
> as possible so good communication skills, and previous similar
> experiences are valued.
>
>   o This job requires a financially astute individual. The IETF is a
> $2-$3 million/year operation. IETF funds are tight and we expect
> you to take leadership in establishing our budgetary procedures,
> our procurement standards, and understanding our revenue sources.
>
>   In-depth familiarity with the IETF prior to assuming this position
is
>   not required, but you must be able to quickly get up to speed and
>   learn the unique culture and requirements of the organization.
>   Likewise, long-term technical experience is not required, but you
>   must be a quick learner and adept at using the Internet effectively.
>
>   The Internet Society 

Draft version of the IAD job announcement from the IASA TT

2004-12-16 Thread Kurt Erik Lindqvist
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All,

please find below the draft call for applications for the IAD position.
The current timeline for moving forward is as follows

DEC 18  Send out call for applications to
o IETF-Announce list
o ISOC announcement lists
o NANOG, SANOG, NORDNOG, AFNOG, etc
o Ask RIRs to forward to their respective announcement lists
JAN 15 evaluation of applicants start

We would appreciate any feedback as soon as possible, either on the 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] list OR directly to the IASA team at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On behalf of the IASA-TT

- - kurtis -


  The IETF Administrative Entity is seeking a highly capable individual
  to serve as Administrative Director. You will report to the
  Internet Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) be accountable
  to the IETF community. This is a highly visible and very demanding
  job. You will be expected to:

  o Working with the IAOC to document and cater for the administrative
requirements of the IETF, IESG, IAB and IRTF.

  o Establish the IASA/IETF annual budgets, and the financial
administration and reporting of IASA/IETF.

   o Work with ISOC and various service providers to establish 
appropriate
 agreed budgets and related financial and performance reporting.

  o Contract negotiations with service providers, and establish
procedures for meassuring the performance of these providers.

  o Eventual mangagement of support staff and contractors.

  o Serve as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
volunteers.

  o Work with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
the IANA.


  o Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
administrative entity for the IETF.


  o Work with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF.

  The following characteristics are necessary for this job:

  o This job is public service. You should be able to work
successfully with large numbers of people. This requires a high
clock rate, a large stack, and the ability to listen carefully.

  o This is an operations job. IETF meetings are large and complex,
and the day-to-day activities of the standards-making process is
demanding. You should be adept at getting real results and
helping large groups work together towards common goals and
deadlines.


  o This is a public job. You will be required to present the
results and achievements of the IASA in front of the community
as well as dealing with questions from individual members of the
community. The goal of IASA is to achieve as much transparency
as possible so good communication skills, and previous similar
experiences are valued.

  o This job requires a financially astute individual. The IETF is a
$2-$3 million/year operation. IETF funds are tight and we expect
you to take leadership in establishing our budgetary procedures,
our procurement standards, and understanding our revenue sources.


  In-depth familiarity with the IETF prior to assuming this position is
  not required, but you must be able to quickly get up to speed and
  learn the unique culture and requirements of the organization.
  Likewise, long-term technical experience is not required, but you
  must be a quick learner and adept at using the Internet effectively.

  The Internet Society is based in Reston, Virginia and the job will
  require a high level of travel for IETF meetings and preparation and
  related meetings.

  You may work out of a home office as a telecommuter, or use the
  Internet Society facilities in Virginia. In either case, you should
  be prepared to travel to Virginia, IETF meetings, and the locations
  where the IETF has contractors.

  Salary levels commensurate with experience and qualifications.

  You must be fluent in spoken and written english.

  Applicants should forward a resume, references, and any other
  relevant materials, with a cover letter explaining why they feel they
  are the right person for this position written in text or PDF, in an
  email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  Applications will be evaluated starting January 15th. The evaluation
  of applications, selection and appointment of the IAD will be made
  by the IASA transition team.

  The list of applicants will not be posted publicly, but will be
  reviewed in confidence by members of the evaluation committee, the
  IAB, and the IESG.

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