Re: RFC Series Editor (RSE) Statement of Work

[Richard Barnes <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 10:43 Leif Johansson <[e-mail]> wrote:

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> On 2019-07-26 14:30, Richard Barnes wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 00:05 Leif Johansson <[e-mail]
> > <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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> >     > I completely agree.  This should be treated as a search, not
> >     writing an RFP and see who applies.
> >
> >     Thats absolutely right - people & community over process!
> >
> >
> > This seems ironic, given how focused this thread has been on process.
> > The process (RFP vs search) doesn’t matter — either way we need to get
> > the best person for the role.
> >
> > To put it in contrast to Klensin’s comment at the plenary — just because
> > someone is engaged as a contractor doesn’t make them a bag of nails.
>
> Richard,
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> That is not what "people over process" means.
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> What I mean is this: you find the right person for the job and then you
> figure out how to get them into the position to do the job.
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> Maybe I should have said "people before process".
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>         Cheers Leif


You say this as if the right person just appears out of thin air.  There’s
always a process to find the right person, whether that’s posting a job
description and collecting CVs or posting an RFP and collecting RFP
responses.

The only way you find the right person without a process is to pick someone
you already know.  It would be irresponsible of this community to limit
ourselves in that way.

—Richard