Re: [rfc-i] [Rsoc] New Version Notification for draft-flanagan-rseme-00.txt

[Christian Huitema <[e-mail]>]

On 10/30/2019 5:39 AM, Alissa Cooper wrote:
> Hi Heather, IAB,
>
> I realize I missed the window to comment on this before the -01 was
> published, so feel free to disregard what I say below.
>
> I think the line "Past IAB or IETF chairs would likely be good
> choices,” describing candidates to chair the program, is ill-advised.
> It reinforces what I think is a perilous notion that old-timers are
> best suited to do tasks in the community because they have been doing
> similar tasks for a long time. I realize there are caveats in the
> sentence, but to the extent that having it in there then creates some
> onus on the IAB to explain itself if it does not choose past chairs to
> chair this program, I think it would be better to leave this out. It
> is already mentioned elsewhere in the document that one participant
> suggested that past chairs be central to this process, which seems
> sufficient to document the fact that someone thought this was a good idea.


I agree with Alissa there. I notice that someone proposed that in the
minutes of the 3rd conference call. Minuting that proposal is fine, but
endorsing it is something entirely different.

-- Christian Huitema

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