Re: [Secdispatch] Leadership changes in SecDispatch

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

Thanks to both Roman and Paul for formalizing what - I think - many of us have been looking for here.  This sounds like a good balance to me.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 04:39, Roman Danyliw wrote:
> Hi!
>
> SecDispatch has become an integral part of how new work is considered 
> in the SEC area.  An integral component to the success of this WG has 
> been the commendable leadership the chairs have provided to the group.
>
> A key part of that leadership team has been Mohit.  In a belated 
> official announcement, Mohit has had to step back from the co-chair 
> role due to the commitments of his new, day-job role
>
> Moving forward and considering that we are now almost five years after 
> the WG launch, Paul and I believe that for the continued health of the 
> WG an additional process refinement is necessary.  Specifically, how to 
> handle SecDispatch leadership (co-chairs) service give that this is a 
> standing WG.  With no positive action, WG chair service would be 
> indefinite.  The only transparent and resilient-to-AD-turnover way we 
> can think to handle this situation is to set in motion rough, preset 
> term length.  We've landed on a service term for up 4 years to balance 
> experience in the role and injecting new leadership into the team.  Of 
> course, circumstance might prevent a chair from spending that much time 
> in the role; or something might arise that would make the tenure a bit 
> longer.  We've also decided to slim the team down to two chairs.
>
> After coordination with the sitting chairs who endorsed this approach, 
> we will implement this process starting at IETF 115.  Bootstrapping 
> into it this will look roughly as follows:
>
> ** Prior to the IETF 115 meeting, an additional SecDispatch co-chair 
> will be named
> ** After the IETF 115, Richard will step down from the co-chair role
> ** At the IETF 117 meeting, an additional SecDispatch co-chair will be 
> named
> ** After the IETF 117 meeting, Kathleen will step down from the 
> co-chair role
> ** .. repeat ..
>
> There are many thanks to express in implementing this process.
>
> WG: It is our pleasure to announce that Rifaat Shekh-Yusef will be 
> stepping into the role of the co-chair.  Rifaat: Thank you for your 
> willingness to serve.
>
> Mohit: thank you so much for your service and being a steady hand in 
> the dispatch process.  Congratulations on your new job.  We're excited 
> for the opportunity this brings but sad that this means we'll benefit 
> less from your counsel.
>
> Richard: the WG has benefitted from your leadership since we launched 
> this new, at the time, experimental way, to consider new work.  It's 
> now foundational to our operation.  Thanks for getting us there, and 
> for your service!
>
> Kathleen and Richard: we're asking you to step down out of visible 
> leadership positions despite doing commendable work.  Thank you! 
>
> Regards,
> Roman and Paul
>
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