Re: IAOC -- looking for committee volunteers

[Adam Roach <[e-mail]>]

I think it's great that we're drawing community members into the IAOC 
discussions.

One of the things that I find missing from this invitation is an 
indication of the level of commitment required to participate: how much 
time investment will be required? Does the position include travel; and, 
if so, is it mandatory? What I'm most worried about here is that people 
are going to have their own assumptions around these kind of 
requirements, which might discourage exactly those most capable of 
introducing diversity into the IAOC committees. (To draw a clear and 
straight line: the people who can comfortably assume that they can take 
on such load without worrying about resources are exactly the same kind 
of people who currently comprise the IAOC).

Also, while I understand that it's something of a dead horse, I think 
one of the things that the IETF 100 discussions threw into relief is 
that the existing committees are quite homogeneous: unless I'm mistaken, 
all nine Meetings Committee members are white males from the US or 
Western Europe. Adding community volunteers, if done right, may serve to 
increase diversity; however, by sheer numbers, adding one or two people 
to a group of nine will make, at best, a very small change to its 
composition. Has the IAOC considered perhaps replacing existing 
committee members rather than adding new members? It seems that this 
could broaden the impact of community involvement and strengthen the 
impact of improved diversity that may result.

/a


On 7/18/16 15:27, IAOC Chair wrote:
> The IAOC has a handful of committees to support its work [1].  The role of an IAOC Committee is to develop materials and make recommendations for IAOC decisions. Chair and membership in committees is constituted annually (typically at the IAOC meeting at the first IETF meeting of a calendar year, when IAOC membership terms come up).
>
> At this time, the IAOC is interested in broadening non-IAOC member participation in its committees, if there are one or 2 interested and suitable community members for each committee.   Note that all committees deal in business sensitive materials, and may require signing a non-disclosure agreement.
>
> Please see the charters of the individual committees for further detail [1].    Committees for which we are considering additional people are:
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> 	. Finance Committee
> 	. Legal Committee
> 	. Meetings Committee
> 	. Technology Management Committee
> 	. RFP Committee
>
> We ask those interested to volunteer by sending a message stating their committee of interest and relevant experience for that committee to [e-mail], by August 1, 2016.  The IAOC will review candidates with the aim of appointing any new members by the end of August.
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>
> Leslie, for the IAOC.
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> [1] https://iaoc.ietf.org/committees.html
>