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Re: [Diversity] IETF Diversity Update

Kathleen Moriarty <kathleen.moriarty.ietf@gmail.com> Tue, 22 December 2015 03:00 UTC

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> On Dec 21, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> wrote:
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>> On 14/12/15 19:53, Fernando Gont wrote:
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>>>> Also getting qualified candidates might be an issue where the problem
>>>> space is more niche.
>> If it is actually an issue, then you can always fall back to th current
>> situation. However, I really doubt this is actually the case for most WGs.
> 
> Finding qualified chairs with the time and interest
> and availability is a non-trivial task. Having the
> wrong folks chairing can muck up the work of a wg.
> "Wrong" can mean too inactive, or not respected by
> other participants or simply people who make the
> wrong calls. It would not IMO be practical to have
> a general practice of regular rotation of chairs.

I agree with Stephen's points.  This was part of why I thought having WG secretaries to train and test out folks might help and would provide additional opportunities for movement into leadership roles.  Maybe we can experiment with that a bit more.

Best regards,
Kathleen 
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