Re: admin director (was The other parts of the report..)

--On tirsdag, september 14, 2004 16:14:42 +0300 "Soininen Jonne 
(Nokia-NET/Helsinki)" <jonne.soininen@nokia.com> wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I think before proceeding with hiring a person we should have a bit more
> discussion on the responsibilities and tasks for the admin director. I
> think Carl's proposal is a good first cut on these. However, it is just
> that.
>
> On the actual proposal, I was wondering if the current job description,
> which seems to be more of a draft announcement, is basically bit too
> concentrated on the meeting part responsibilities. I think we also have
> things like IETF tools etc. of which the admin director should be
> somewhat responsible.

Appendix E is a draft call for applications, of which half is the job 
description, so it's no surprise it reads like a draft announcement :-)

The job description is:

You will be expected to:
   o  Serve as the day-to-day chief operating officer of the IETF,
      managing a number of contractors and working with a number of
      volunteers.
   o  Provide primary support for budgeting and financial reporting
      processes.
   o  Serve as the primary staff resource for the governing body of the
      administrative entity for the IETF.
   o  Work with your contractors and members of the IETF community to
      provide adequate support and planning for 3 IETF meetings
      annually, and for frequent meetings and teleconferences of the
      IAB, IESG, and other bodies that support the IETF.
   o  Work with our liaison organizations, such as the RFC Editor and
      the IANA.
   o  Coordinate the standards-making support process, in particular the
      periodic meetings of the IESG.

Only one of these bullets (the fourth) touches on the meeting stuff. I 
don't think it is possible to say less than that.

I have some other specific comments:

- I don't believe the RFC Editor and IANA are liaison organizations. ICANN 
is a liaison organization, but the IETF IANA function is work done under an 
MoU, and the RFC-Editor is doing work under contract.
I'd rephrase this as:
"Work with the organizations responsible for RFC publication and parameter 
registration, maintaining their contract relationship and coordination with 
the other functions of the IETF".

- I believe the "coordinate.... the periodic meetings of the IESG" is part 
of the work that should be done by the "clerk's office" under contract, so 
I don't believe that belongs in the job description as written either. I'd 
just stop the sentence after the comma.

But your mileage (and expectations of this person) may vary....

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