Re: Last Call: <draft-secretaries-good-practices-06.txt> (IETF Working Groups' Secretaries) to Best Current Practice

[Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>]

On 12/3/14 7:05 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
> But I would note for the second of these points that the WG secretary role
> exists and there is also the concept of a "delegate". These ways of handling
> IETF work are not introduced or made concrete by this document. We can't,
> therefore, hold this document to account for the existence of things we don't
> like. We can only ensure that the document accurately describes what exists.

Absolutely, but what concerns me (I'm not going to try
to speak for John) is that this document appears to
normalize the secretarial role, rather than simply saying
that chairs are able to delegate various tasks.  There
appears to be a formal vesting of responsibility in working
group secretaries.

I like Ralph's proposal to update 2418 to allow for
wg secretary access to working group tools.  Otherwise
my preference would be to continue to keep the focus on
chair responsibilities, including chair delegation of
various tasks.  Secretaries are fine but I really
dislike seeing the role institutionalized.

Melinda