Re: I-D Action: draft-hardie-iaoc-iab-update-00.txt

["Scott O. Bradner" <[e-mail]>]

from this IAOC member’s point of view  - maybe distorted by the specific issues the IAOC has been dealing with of late

> On Feb 6, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Michael StJohns <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> WRT the incomplete argument I'd ask the current (and past members) of the IAOC to comment on the following questions (to paraphrase Leslie's note quite a bit):
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>    Are there specific benefits to the IAOC to having the IAB chair continue as a member of the IAOC that would not be met if he/she were replaced by another member of the IAB?

yes, a major (but not majority) topic in the last year has been about internet governance and what impacts the changes
in IANA management might have on the IETF and on the IETF Trust - it seems that, at least for the last two IAB chairs, the
IAB chair has been the IAB point person on these topics and the chair’s direct knowledge of what has been going on has
been quite helpful

having the IAB chair on the IAOC might not make much difference in other topics, such as the specifics of the RFC editor task set, or
meeting locations, if another IAB member with knowledge of the topics were to replace the chair

there is a image factor - that the IAB considers the IAOC important enough to ensure that the IAOC role is part of the chair’s
task set projects a somewhat different image than having another IAB member - not a huge issue but a factor

>    Are there specific issues the IAOC might encounter if the IAB chair were not a member of the IAOC and how could those issues be mitigated?

I see this question as redundant with the first one

>    [If you were still on the IAOC,] Would you object to the change and for what reasons?

yes, see above

Scott