Brian,
Thanks! Not sure that this changes anything with respect to the rest
of the
IESG, however...
--
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:41 AM
To: Eric Gray
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD
Importance: High
Eric,
On 06/03/2013 14:29, Eric Gray 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.
You believe wrongly. The NomCom nominates the IETF Chair, who also serves as
IESG Chair and as AD for the General Area.
> 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.
That applies to the IAB, but not to the IESG.
Brian
