Eric, You are describing the process of IAB selection as opposed to IESG selection for ensuring there is someone that is a potential chair. The IAB voting members select the IAB chair. The IESG members do not select the IETF chair.
Regards, Mary. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Eric Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > I considered this before making my reply, especially in light of a > number of recent > events with which I am intimately familiar. > > To become the Chair of the IESG involves a second level of selection > that is much > more political. You have to be selected - I believe - for the role by your > peers on the IESG. > This then is a matter for the IESG, more than the NomCom, or the IETF as a > whole. > > This is - I feel sure - one of the things that a NomCom has to > consider in picking folks > for IESG membership: there needs to be at least one AD on the IESG that is > both willing and > able to take on this role. > > But - let's face it - this should be obvious to any reasonably > competent NomCom that > is having to replace an outgoing Chair. > > But it is most definitely NOT something that every AD has to be > prepared to do... > > -- > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: John C Klensin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:22 AM > To: Eric Gray > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD > Importance: High > > > > --On Wednesday, March 06, 2013 14:16 +0000 Eric Gray <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>... >> So far, it has not been any part of the normal duties of an IESG >>member or AD to hold press conferences, glad-handing with the masses, >>baby kissing, etc. >>... > > I can't speak to baby kissing but the above statement is true only if you > exclude the IETF Chair from "IESG member or AD". > Perhaps we could change it if we really wanted to, but we should face the > fact --and I hope that Nomcoms understand-- that the IETF Chair role has > expanded to include a great deal of public representation of the IETF and, > indeed, public politics. > > john > > > >
