[ietf-nomcom] Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-dont-wait (Nominating CommitteeProcess: Earlier Announcement of Open Positions and Solicitation ofVolunteers) to BCP

["Spencer Dawkins" <spencer at wonderhamster.org>]

(sorry - inadvertently sent to ietf-nomcom at ietf.COM)...

Spencer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Dawkins" <spencer at wonderhamster.org>
To: "Pekka Savola" <pekkas at netcore.fi>; "Russ Housley" 
<housley at vigilsec.com>
Cc: <ietf at ietf.org>; <ietf-nomcom at ietf.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-dont-wait (Nominating 
CommitteeProcess: Earlier Announcement of Open Positions and Solicitation 
ofVolunteers) to BCP


> Hi, Pekka,
>
> Russ asked me to prepare OLD/NEW text for an editor's note on this:
>
> > > The IETF Executive Director, who is part of the Secretariat, already has 
> > > a role in NomCom.  The IETF Executive Director provides the requirements 
> > > for the open positions.
> > >
> > > Would you be more comfortable if the Executive Director were named as 
> > > the responsible party?
> >
> > Yes.  I'd be even more comfortable if the text could be inclusive, for 
> > example that either NomCom chair or IETF exec director could send out the 
> > announcement, but if shared responsibility seems like a bad idea, I can 
> > accept that argument.
>
> Here's what I'm suggesting. I left the primary responsibility for this 
> with the Chair, if the Chair HAS been named.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Spencer
>
> OLD:
>
> 3.  Discussion
>
>   This document proposes that the IETF Secretariat will issue the
>   announcement of open positions and the solicitation for names of
>   volunteers on behalf of the Incoming NomCom Chair who will be named
>   by the ISOC President.  This allows the search for the Incoming
>   NomCom Chair and volunteers to proceed in parallel.
>
> NEW:
>
> 3.  Discussion
>
>   This document proposes that the IETF Executive Director will issue the
>   announcement of open positions and the solicitation for names of
>   volunteers on behalf of the Incoming NomCom Chair who will be named
>   by the ISOC President, if the Incoming NomCom Chair has not yet been
>   named.  This allows the search for the Incoming NomCom Chair and
>   volunteers to proceed in parallel.
>
> OLD:
>
> 4.  Updated text from RFC 3777
>
>   For [RFC3777], in section 4, "Nominating Committee Selection", bullet
>   13, which states:
>
>      The Chair obtains the list of IESG and IAB positions to be
>      reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of
>      volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the
>      nominating committee.
>
>   this text is replaced with the following text:
>
>      The IETF Secretariat obtains the list of positions to be reviewed
>      and announces it along with a solicitation for names of volunteers
>      from the IETF community willing to serve on the nominating
>      committee.
>
> NEW:
>
> 4.  Updated text from RFC 3777
>
>   For [RFC3777], in section 4, "Nominating Committee Selection", bullet
>   13, which states:
>
>      The Chair obtains the list of IESG and IAB positions to be
>      reviewed and announces it along with a solicitation for names of
>      volunteers from the IETF community willing to serve on the
>      nominating committee.
>
>   this text is replaced with the following text:
>
>      The Chair (or the IETF Executive Director, if no Chair has been 
> named)
>      obtains the list of positions to be reviewed and announces it along
>      with a solicitation for names of volunteers from the IETF community
>      willing to serve on the nominating committee.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Spencer