Re: Reminder: Poll about restructuring options

Not to pick on Eliot in particular...  This message is really 
addressed to everyone who has said "I trust the leadership to decide":

At 2:30 PM +0200 9/28/04, Eliot Lear wrote:
>Just to be clear, I trust the leadership to decide better than I 
>can.  I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a day job that 
>has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with IETF governance. I'd 
>like to have the time to go over all this fun stuff, but even if I 
>did I'd rather spend it pestering some CEOs as to how they would 
>structure such organizations(s) for success.  I prefer to think of 
>myself as an engineer, not an MBA.

I am also an engineer with a demanding day job and no MBA, and if any 
other member of the IETF leadership has an MBA or a law degree, 
he/she hasn't shared that fact with me.

I do have a certain perspective on these issues as a member of the 
IESG, and I spend most of my free time doing IETF-related work, 
including serving on the ISOC Board.  That doesn't make me any sort 
of expert on corporate finances or governance, though.  I may have 
accepted more responsibility for the IETF than the average 
participant, but I don't believe that I am fundamentally more 
qualified to make this type of decision than many other IETF 
participants.

I consider it (part of) my job to share my perspective with the 
community.  Other members of the community should also share their 
perspectives and experiences (some of us do have MBAs, law degrees, 
experience forming corporations, etc.).  Then, we should work 
together to make good decisions for the IETF.

If the community refuses to participate actively in these decisions, 
I guess that the IETF leadership will be forced to decide what to do 
without active community input.  But, I fear that we would make a 
poorer decision than we would with full community involvement and 
input.

Margaret

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