Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 4/14/2011 9:51 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: My concern is that this proposed change would likely make the IAOC work worse. That is, I think it would have a negative impact on the operations of the IETF and that is why I am concerned. Bob, That is a concrete and basic assertion. Please put

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
Russ, On 4/14/2011 2:13 PM, Russ Housley wrote: The proposed update to BCP 101 permits further delegation of the IAOC voting position. While I do not see myself taking advantage of this new feature, I do think we should give future IETF Chairs this option. It is a cohesive part of the

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-15 Thread Russ Housley
Jari: Russ, Olaf, how much do you normally participate the IAOC work? Are you in the subcommittees, do you work on details of agreements with our service providers? As I said in my previous note, I participate in some committees, but not all of them. I am very active in the tools-related

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-15 Thread Russ Housley
Dave: The proposed update to BCP 101 permits further delegation of the IAOC voting position. While I do not see myself taking advantage of this new feature, I do think we should give future IETF Chairs this option. It is a cohesive part of the work that can be delegated. Some

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-04-14 06:19, Bob Hinden wrote: Olaf, On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: [as editor:] It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the question on whether it a requirement for the IETF Chair to have a voting position in order to effectively

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Olaf Kolkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-04-14 06:19, Bob Hinden wrote: Olaf, On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: [as editor:] It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:19 -0700 Bob Hinden bob.hin...@gmail.com wrote: Olaf, On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: [as editor:] It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the question on whether it a requirement for the IETF Chair to

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Brian E Carpenter
John, On 2011-04-15 01:10, John C Klensin wrote: ... But, remembering that the IASA has only the purpose of making the extended IETF (including the IAB) work more efficiently, I see a somewhat different question. The roles and resource requirements of the IAB and IETF Chairs have expanded

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Olaf Kolkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Certainly the IASA/IAD/IAOC reorganisation produced a noticeable reduction in the IETF Chair workload, but what has changed since http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-ietf-chair-tasks-00 ? It would be good to have a similar analysis for

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Hinden
Brian, On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: John, On 2011-04-15 01:10, John C Klensin wrote: ... But, remembering that the IASA has only the purpose of making the extended IETF (including the IAB) work more efficiently, I see a somewhat different question. The roles and

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Russ Housley
Brian: I'd really like to hear from Olaf, Bernard and Russ what has changed in the workload in the last few years. I am fortunate that my sponsorship situation lets me spend almost full time on the IETF Chair position. Even so, there are aspects of the job that exceed full time. I am not

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Hinden
Russ, The proposed update to BCP 101 permits further delegation of the IAOC voting position. While I do not see myself taking advantage of this new feature, I do think we should give future IETF Chairs this option. It is a cohesive part of the work that can be delegated. Some

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Bob Hinden wrote: Russ, This prompts me to ask a question. Who would the IETF Chair delegate this responsibility to? The draft doesn't specify. I am thinking it would be someone like the IESG Secretary (if there is such a person), and I mean a member of the

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Leslie Daigle
Speaking as an individual, but an individual who helped set up this structure and who sat in the non-delegated ex officio IAB Chair position on the IAOC (and IETF Trust) for a couple of years, let me offer some comments. As Bob noted, elsewhere in the thread, your draft does not describe

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Russ Housley
Bob: The proposed update to BCP 101 permits further delegation of the IAOC voting position. While I do not see myself taking advantage of this new feature, I do think we should give future IETF Chairs this option. It is a cohesive part of the work that can be delegated. Some

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-14 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Apr 14, 2011, at 5:01 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-04-14 06:19, Bob Hinden wrote: Olaf, On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: [as editor:] It seems that the

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-13 Thread Bob Hinden
Olaf, On Apr 2, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: [as editor:] It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the question on whether it a requirement for the IETF Chair to have a voting position in order to effectively perform oversight. Once we figured out

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-02 Thread Olaf Kolkman
[as editor:] It seems that the high order bit of this discussion circles around the question on whether it a requirement for the IETF Chair to have a voting position in order to effectively perform oversight. Once we figured out where we want to go with that we can think about delegation by

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-04-01 Thread Bob Hinden
Brian, On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-04-01 08:38, SM wrote: Hi Brian, At 00:07 31-03-2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: And that is exactly the problem with 'non-voting' status in a committee that mainly operates by consensus. It allows people who really ought to

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-31 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-03-31 08:52, SM wrote: ... My reading of John's proposal (draft-klensin-iaoc-member-00) is that it is framed in such a way to avoid some of the issues that can occur with draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership-00. When delegating responsibility, one should also consider

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-31 Thread SM
Hi Brian, At 00:07 31-03-2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: And that is exactly the problem with 'non-voting' status in a committee that mainly operates by consensus. It allows people who really ought to share accountability to apear to avoid it. According to IOAC procedures: All decisions of

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-31 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-04-01 08:38, SM wrote: Hi Brian, At 00:07 31-03-2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: And that is exactly the problem with 'non-voting' status in a committee that mainly operates by consensus. It allows people who really ought to share accountability to apear to avoid it. According to

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Bert (IETF) Wijnen
On 3/30/11 1:21 PM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance:

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Olaf Kolkman
Op 30 mrt. 2011 om 13:35 heeft Bert (IETF) Wijnen berti...@bwijnen.net het volgende geschreven: On 3/30/11 1:21 PM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at:

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Barry Leiba
Good; I've been suggesting this for some time also.   The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC President/CEO may   delegate their responsibilities to other persons.  The delegations by   the IETF chair and the IAB chair need to be confirmed by the IESG and   IAB respectively.  The terms of

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-03-31 00:21, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Joe Touch
On 3/30/2011 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: ... I find myself very torn on this proposal. Believe me, I understand the workload issue. But on the other hand, at the very beginning of my time as IETF Chair, I experienced the *previous* workload issue, when there was no IASA, IAD or IAOC.

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 3/30/11 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: I'm very concerned about the IETF Chair getting decoupled from the IAOC. The IETF Chair's job is a whole lot more than being IESG Chair, and some degree of personal responsibility for oversight of the administrative work seems to me to be

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Spencer Dawkins
The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC President/CEO may delegate their responsibilities to other persons. The delegations by the IETF chair and the IAB chair need to be confirmed by the IESG and IAB respectively. The terms of delegation is for a longer term for instance

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Henk Uijterwaal
Olaf, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance: The IETF chair, the IAB chair, and the ISOC

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Barry Leiba
I'm very concerned about the IETF Chair getting decoupled from the IAOC. The IETF Chair's job is a whole lot more than being IESG Chair, and some degree of personal responsibility for oversight of the administrative work seems to me to be appropriate. So I'm not at all sure this delegation

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Barry Leiba
I agree with Henk's modification -- in fact, my brain read it into it already, which is why I didn't say it too. The delegation should only be allowed to another member of the delegator's body. I think you mean:  The delegation is for an one year term, aligned with the IAB and IESG  

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-03-31 01:26, Barry Leiba wrote: I'm very concerned about the IETF Chair getting decoupled from the IAOC. The IETF Chair's job is a whole lot more than being IESG Chair, and some degree of personal responsibility for oversight of the administrative work seems to me to be appropriate.

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Russ Housley
Brian: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of substance: The IETF chair, the IAB

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Spencer Dawkins
: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:29 AM Subject: Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility I agree with Henk's modification -- in fact, my brain read it into it already, which is why I didn't say it too. The delegation should only be allowed to another member of the delegator's body. I think you mean

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-03-31 01:44, Russ Housley wrote: Brian: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few sentences of

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Barry Leiba
I was not assuming that delegation was limited to another member of the same NomCom-reviewed body. One case was that you might delegate to a NomCom-reviewed member who then leaves the NomCom-reviewed body. If the NomCom-reviewed chair and the NomCom-reviewed body were OK with that person

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Michael Richardson
Brian == Brian E Carpenter Brian writes: Brian I find myself very torn on this proposal. Believe me, I Brian understand the workload issue. But on the other hand, at the Brian very beginning of my time as IETF Chair, I experienced the Brian *previous* workload issue, when there

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Steve Crocker
Minor point: I think the proposal is to delegate authority but not to relinquish responsibility. Steve Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Michael StJohns mstjo...@comcast.net wrote: Some suggestions: Replace delegate their responsibilities with , by written action,

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Bob Hinden
Olaf, On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership The draft is very short and contains only a few

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 3/30/11 6:26 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: With my IAOC hat on, I am concerned about the delegation of these roles to the IAOC. I think the community has been well served by the IAOC having the IETF chair, IAB chair, and ISOC President as full voting members of the IAOC. It has kept the IAOC

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Bob Hinden
Michael, I got the impression that the purpose of this was that the IETF Chair could ask someone else to attend a meeting (I specifically do not mean an IETF meeting) on s/he behalf. My impression is that it was for a long term delegation. Sounds like it should be clarified. Bob A

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Jari Arkko
Barry, Ah. Why, then? Shouldn't the delegation be at the pleasure of the delegator, without an explicit term? If the officer sees the need to reclaim the ex-officio position directly, she should be allowed to. If the officer thinks the delegate isn't doing well, she should be able to change

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 3/30/2011 1:21 PM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: The main difference is between his and this draft is that John's I-D makes the person the chair delegates to a non-voting liaison. I have a small preference for the IAB and the IESG keeping the control point, I promise that what follows is not

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
So my brain then went to: The ex officio positions are non-voting liaisons, delegated or not, but they also should appoint a person who is /not/ from their body as a voting person. IMHO your brain went to the wrong place ;-) The IETF Chair is not a liaison for goodness sake - s/he is

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread SM
Hi Olaf, At 04:21 30-03-2011, Olaf Kolkman wrote: I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership In Section 2: The terms of delegation is for a longer term for instance

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Joe Touch
Hi, Brian, On 3/30/2011 5:38 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-03-31 01:18, Joe Touch wrote: On 3/30/2011 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: ... I find myself very torn on this proposal. Believe me, I understand the workload issue. But on the other hand, at the very beginning of my time

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On Mar 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, SM wrote: Hi Olaf, At 04:21 30-03-2011, Olaf Kolkman wrote: I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership In Section 2: The terms of

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: Olaf, On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Olaf Kolkman wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have just chartered a very short draft that intends to update BCP101. It can be found at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kolkman-iasa-ex-officio-membership

Re: IAOC: delegating ex-officio responsibility

2011-03-30 Thread SM
Hi Olaf, First of all, I would like to say that I appreciate the answers you have provided over the years as IAB Chair and the patience you have displayed. At 09:52 30-03-2011, Olaf Kolkman wrote: The point of this paragraph is that, when a new chair joins the chair and get a feel for what

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