>> People who volunteer to fill roles in an organization
>> need to be shielded from attempts to micromanage them
>> or else they will cease to volunteer.
>>
Martin Hannigan wrote:
And people who fail to set expectations for volunteers
should expect to fail.
NANOG Charter, section 8.3.2, "Program Committee Responsibilities":
"The Program Committee is responsible for motivating/soliciting people
to submit interesting talks, selecting the submissions which seem most
appropriate (with some attention to presentation skills), and following
up with speakers after acceptances to ensure that presentations are
completed in time, with ample warning of potential problems with the
presentation.
The Chair of the Program Committee will serve ex officio (without a
vote) on the Steering Committee, in order to facilitate communication
among the two groups.
Each member of the Program Committee must review all presentations
submitted for each meeting. The Chair may excuse a member from one
meeting's review cycle due to extenuating circumstances, but if a member
misses two meetings in a row, he or she may be removed from the
committee. Any resulting vacancies will be filled by the Chairs of the
Program Committee and Steering Committee."
Is that not sufficient for you? And you'd rather serve on the PC
(perhaps to "exceed expectations") than the SC (where you could set the
expectations)?
What do you want?
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