Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director

[Margaret Wasserman <[e-mail]>]

The problem with this argument is that it appears that we have a choice between "limited knowledge of congestion control" and "an empty seat".  Which one is more likely to be able to learn about it?

Margaret


On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Sam Hartman <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>>>>> "Mary" == Mary Barnes <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
>    Mary> And, I continue to support Sam's position as well.  To me the
>    Mary> question at hand is whether it will do more harm to fill the
>    Mary> position with someone that doesn't have the specific expertise
>    Mary> that his being sought than to leave the position unfilled.
>    Mary> Having dealt with the exact same issue when I was Nomcom
>    Mary> chair, I thoroughly understand the issue at hand.  And,
>    Mary> certainly, there was a lot of criticism of the choice of the
>    Mary> Nomcom I chaired, but we really are between a rock and a hard
>    Mary> place yet again.
> 
> I think it would be really useful to get someone like Lars or the chair
> of the tcpm working group to comment on how much congestion control
> experience we're talking about as a requirement.
> 
> When I read Lars's messages, I'm not actually sure he and I are
> disagreeing.  
> 
> There's a lot of things it could mean for the IESG to have congestion
> control expertise.