Re: IAOC Request for community feedback

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Tue, 23 October 2012 07:55 UTC

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On Tue 23/Oct/2012 01:49:41 +0200 The IAOC wrote:
> 
> We have tried to contact Marshall over this time period [...]
> 
> We think this process was not intended to be used when a sitting IAOC,
> IESG, or IAB member vacates his/her position. We believe that the
> intended use of this process was for determining whether a member
> should leave a position who is unwilling to leave and who has harmed
> the IETF. That is clearly not the case in this situation, to the
> contrary, we would have preferred Marshall to continue. It doesn't
> seem appropriate in this case, or when an member is unable to
> participate due to illness or death.

We seem to be missing a keepalive option, to be applicable to IETF
communities at large.  AFAIK, Linkedin and Facebook are not better in
this respect.