IESG workload problem (Re: Should I* opinions be afforded a special status? )

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

Joe Touch wrote:
> Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>   
> > On 2007-06-27 15:52, Joe Touch wrote:
> >     
> > > Keith Moore wrote:
> > >       
> > > > > We could have more ADs and split and/or layer the work to reduce the
> > > > > per-person load. That may not be the only - or even best - way forward,
> > > > >   
> > > > >           
> > > > It's not clearly even a way forward.  the more ADs there are, the harder
> > > > it is to coordinate between the ADs and the areas.
> > > >         
> > > Yes, each AD becomes less efficient, but perhaps the goal shouldn't be
> > > the efficiency of the individual volunteers but the ability to be more
> > > inclusive in who we can consider for these roles.
> > >       
> > It isn't an issue of individual efficiency. A committee of 15 is already
> > unwieldy given our desire for consensus; the IESG thought long and
> > carefully before the last increase (from 6 to 7 Areas). I don't see
> > how it can be increased further.
> >     
>
> I don't see increasing the areas; I see splitting them down as a
> possible way. Leaving an AD at the top level with less work, and having
> sub-ADs report to them.
draft-iesg-alvestrand-twolevel, published October 2003, proposed 
something of that sort.

Last trace of discussion I could find with Google was the Geneva IESG 
retreat in 2005 (?), with the quote:

"We discussed whether there was a need to formalize this into a two-level delegation system, 
but concluded that there was no workload advantage in formally changing the primary role of the Area Directors."

I still don't believe that anything significantly less radical will make 
a significant difference to the "IESG workload problem". But at the 
moment, the IESG/IETF interface doesn't seem to be in "immediate crisis" 
mode, so I guess we'll survive another year.

                    Harald


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