Re: [Pesci-discuss] "ADs are the central focus of technical expertise"

Hi, Melinda,

>> The word you are probably after is 'arbiter', rather than 'arbitrator'.
>
> To be honest, I don't like either word here.  I think what's
> under discussion is basically just personnel management.  "Arbiter"
> suggests that the IESG members are making judgements about who's
> a smarty-pants and who's a meathead.  While I'm sure that's true,
> I hope that doesn't become part of their official job description
> and that instead the job description focuses on the management
> aspects of identifying working group leadership, getting rid of
> working group leadership, and so on.

I happen to like a lot of ideas that JohnK had in 
draft-klensin-stds-review-panel-00, which divides what the IESG does now 
into two leadership groups (one for specification approval and one for 
process management), but I think what Melinda is hoping for is a change from 
current practice.

Spencer 

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