Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 10:02 AM 3/28/2013, John C Klensin wrote: For me, it seems especially odd when compared to the liaison position to the ICANN Board. Both are very important to the IETF community. Both involve organizations with which the IETF has a complicated and multidimensional relationship. Both

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-29 Thread Michael StJohns
At 01:14 AM 3/29/2013, David Kessens wrote: Mike, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:03:25PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote: The process for selecting and appointing liaisons is the purview of the IAB and not currently subject to external review - and I don't find any problem with that. I fully agree

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-29 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 29/03/2013 07:33, Michael StJohns wrote: At 01:14 AM 3/29/2013, David Kessens wrote: Mike, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:03:25PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote: The process for selecting and appointing liaisons is the purview of the IAB and not currently subject to external review - and I

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Stewart Bryant
David In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny, because the criteria would surely have included being experienced with both the ITU process and the IETF liaison process, including knowing and understanding the liaison history. Therefore it seems unlikely that there would

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, March 28, 2013 13:13 + Stewart Bryant stbry...@cisco.com wrote: David In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny, because the criteria would surely have included being experienced with both the ITU process and the IETF liaison process, including

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread David Kessens
Stewart, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 01:13:44PM +, Stewart Bryant wrote: In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny, because the criteria would surely have included being experienced with both the ITU process and the IETF liaison process, including knowing and

RE: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread John E Drake
Smoke filled rooms Irrespectively Yours, John -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of David Kessens Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:04 AM To: Stewart Bryant Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Melinda Shore
On 3/28/13 5:13 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: Therefore it seems unlikely that there would be any candidate that the IAB did not already know about. So whilst I agree in general, this is not a case that should raise any concerns. Wow. Allow me to suggest that even if you think this is true,

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Mar 27, 2013, at 22:26, David Kessens david.kess...@nsn.com wrote: Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the IETF about diversity. Is it just me or is the liaison manager for the politically tempestuous ITU-T relationship really about the worst possible position to exercise this

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/28/2013 6:13 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny, because the criteria would surely have included being experienced with both the ITU process and the IETF liaison process, including knowing and understanding the liaison history.

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, March 28, 2013 18:28 +0100 Carsten Bormann c...@tzi.org wrote: On Mar 27, 2013, at 22:26, David Kessens david.kess...@nsn.com wrote: Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the IETF about diversity. Is it just me or is the liaison manager for the politically

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Stewart Bryant (stbryant)
That was the British use of the term unlikely. Stewart Sent from my iPad On 28 Mar 2013, at 14:05, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 3/28/2013 6:13 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny, because the criteria would surely have

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Michael StJohns
The IETF and various members occasionally break out in back seat driver's syndrome. It's disappointing. We need to remember that we are organized more as a republic than a democracy. We select various folks through the Nomcom process to make decisions on various things. E.g.. the IESG for

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/28/2013 6:03 PM, Michael StJohns wrote: Seriously - can we stop second guessing the IESG, IAB and IAOC on everything? That's not what's being done, Mike, and such hyperbole doesn't facilitate meaningful exchange. There have been two exceptions raised -- one about diversity and this

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-28 Thread David Kessens
Mike, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:03:25PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote: The process for selecting and appointing liaisons is the purview of the IAB and not currently subject to external review - and I don't find any problem with that. I fully agree with this. All I am asking for is a call

Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-27 Thread David Kessens
Russ, Jari, IAB, Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the IETF about diversity. A lot of people observed that the IETF is not good in fostering a culture that naturally promotes diversity and that is attractive for younger people to join. One way to make the IETF more accessible and

Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T

2013-03-27 Thread IAB Chair
The IAB has just notified the ITU-T that Scott mansfield will be the new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T. Please congratulate Scott when you see him. He has done a good job as liaison manager for MPLS, and I am sure he will do a good job in his new role. Please thank Eliot Lear for his past