Re: [Secdispatch] Leadership changes in SecDispatch

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

This seems like a good plan in a number of ways. Thanks for putting such an
orderly system in place.

-Ekr


On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 10:39 AM Roman Danyliw <[e-mail]> 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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