Re: draft-sullivan-nomcom-chair-select-00

[Andrew Sullivan <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:45:40PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote:
>
>I read your document.    Who would approve this document after review?

I would :)  It's a statement of my intent, in effect.

>What I noticed is that your document did not do is specify any kind of timeline.

The timeline is specified in RFC 8713.

>Allison and later I, when Kathryn was new, tried to have the new nomcom chair
>selected prior to the November meeting, rather than around the March meeting.
>The idea was that the new chair ("chair-elect") could be invited by the
>existing cmte to observe and learn.   There were objections to this that it
>turned a ~20 month appointment (March year 1 to November year 2 as
>past-chair),  into a ~25 month appointment (November year 0 to November year 2).
>I felt that this wasn't that big a deal:  most of the November/April year 0/1
>time would be idle, and the learning curve would be so much softer that it
>would not be a problem.

Well, Kathy told me that she tried it but it didn't work because
people objected to the service duration (especially since the
commitment is 2 years, effectively, due to the Past Chair role).

>Another thing that I think is important is for the ISOC or LLC to have a
>bit more funds to support the nomcom chair.  The secretariat already tries to
>comp/uprade the nomcom chair's room at the hotel if they can, but this is an
>informal arrangement.

I actually thought about offering an honorarium to try to induce
people to take this job, but as soon as I mooted that suggestion I got
some pretty angry email so I abandoned it.  If the IETF wants to waive
the meeting fees or pay travel or so forth, I think that's something
for the IETF to determine and not me, so it's out of scope for this document.

Best regards,

A

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