John - editing to get directly to your questions:
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 18:45 -0400, John C Klensin wrote:
(1) What would it take to convince you that putting in a term
or two as AD --not a life sentence, but a term or two-- was an
obligation you, as long-term participants and contributors,
owed the community?
I do see a term or two as AD as an obligation - that I haven't
chosen to fulfill. I have seriously considered allowing the
nomcom to add my name to the list of candidates for AD a
couple of times (and may have left may name on the list once,
but I can't recall with certainty), but have always decided
against it in the end. I have the delusion that I would be
able to make a positive contribution. However, from what I've
been able to learn about the commitment to the job, I have not
been willing to make the professional and personal tradeoffs
(even sacrifices) required to fulfill the responsibilities.
And, I already seem to have a life sentence as chair of the
dhc WG...
(2) How, if at all, would the AD job have to change in order
to make volunteering on that basis plausible for you? Please
don't just answer "lower workload": if that is all or part of
the answer, what would you get rid of and what would you do
with it?
I don't know of specific ways to change the job enough to make
it plausible. More important would be to find myself in a
professional and personal situation where I, my family and my
employer would be willing to commit the necessary time (15-25
hrs/wk? and IETF weeks) and travel to fulfill the commitments.
- Ralph
