[mpowr] Re: [Solutions] Further work on WG (chair) roles - MPOWR WG proposal

[Ted Hardie <[e-mail]>]

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>Right now any AD can, of his or her own choosing and without any change in 2026 or 2418, decide to make their WG chairs responsible for the technical writeup of documents, resolving last call issues, and shepherding of the document through the IESG including resolving discuss issues. An AD can choose to do this now without asking the IETF for any consensus whatsoever.

But, at the moment, this is done at the pleasure of the ADs, and is not a default state of
affairs.  Having a working group decide whether this should be the *expected* state
of affairs does have consequences on how much time working group chairs must expect
to dedicate to their tasks, how the nomcom would see certain candidates for AD roles,
and how the community may want to structure other tasks (including selecting or providing
checks and balances for the working group chairs in their roles).  Considering those
is something that should be done in public, with an aim for consensus, and soon.  A
working group is one way of achieving that.

This does not mean that ADs cannot or should not give those tasks to the willing
working group chairs sooner, but until it is the *IETF* giving those tasks to someone
other than the AD, we are still operating at the pleasure of the AD.   That needs
to change, in my opinion.
	
Just my two cents, obviously,
				Ted


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