Re: RSE Bid Process

[Ted Hardie <[e-mail]>]

Hi SM,

Thanks for your comment.  You are correct that the SOW does contain this
text: "Section 2.1.5 (Workload) of RFC6635 is not applicable to this
Statement of Work." and that the RSOC does not conduct a yearly performance
review as called for in section 3.1 of 6635. This latter, as you may
recall, is because ISOC's human resources folks pointed out that this was
how you reviewed employees, rather than the output of a contract.  The text
cited above also discusses the position in terms of employee hours rather
than output.

Addressing this along with other issues, should be part of any update to
the RFC Editor model.  A key question now is whether we conduct the hiring
according to a slightly modified SOW and have the new incumbent participate
in the larger discussion or conduct the discussion prior to recruiting a
new RSE.  The first strategy seems to be permitted by RFC 6635 under the
general rubric of the RSE's role in evolving the series.  The second is
also possible, but the result will likely be that there is no overlap
between a new incumbent and Heather.

regards,

Ted

On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 7:44 AM S Moonesamy <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Ted,
> At 12:02 PM 03-07-2019, Ted Hardie wrote:
>
> The following is one of the steps in the proposed process:
>
> >3) After the RSOC finalizes the SOW, it notifies the IAB, which
> >requests the IETF LLC issue an RFP.
> >
> >
> >Note: this is not an approval step, just the mechanics of who has
> >the token to turn this crank.
>
> Why are such mechanics needed?
>
> The process is something for the different committees or entities to
> figure out.  The statement of work from 2016 overrides Section 2.1.5
> of RFC 6635.  This will be the second time that the Internet
> Architecture Board (IAB) is unable to follow what is written in the
> RFC which it approved.  Although it produced a less than satisfactory
> outcome, the IAB and the RFC Series Oversight Committee is still
> proceeding with it.  That does not look like a good idea .
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>