Re: Evaluation: draft-iab-isocbot - IETF ISOC Board of Trustee Appointment Procedures

[Leslie Daigle <leslie@thinkingcat.com>]

IAB,

Pursuant to Thomas' suggestions (see below), there are 3 proposed
changes for the draft-iab-isocbot document text.  If these are
agreeable to the IAB, the editor (me) will rev the document 
and send back to the IESG.

1/  

Replace this:

> 3.1 Nominations and eligibility
>
>    Each year, the IAB will make a public call for nominations on the
>    ietf-announce@ietf.org mailing list.  The public call will specify
>    the manner by which nominations will be accepted.


with

3.1 Nominations and eligibility

  Each year, the IAB will make a public call for nominations on the
  ietf-announce@ietf.org mailing list.  The public call will specify
  the manner by which nominations will be accepted and the means
  by which the list of nominees will be published.




2/


Replace this: 

> 3.5 Mid-term Vacancies
>
>    This document describes the process for the general, annual
>    appointment of ISOC Trustees to fill the seats of Trustees whose
>    terms are ending.  However, if an IETF-appointed Trustee is unable to
>    serve his or her full term, the IAB will, at its discretion, either
>    immediately select a replacement representative to serve the
>    remainder of the term using an interim process, or select an
>    additional Trustee to serve the remainder of the term as part of the
>    next annual selection process.
>
>    If the IAB elects to fill the mid-term vacancy before the next annual
>    selection, a separate timeline will be announced and the rest of the
>    process described in this document will be followed. 


with

3.5 Mid-term Vacancies

  This document describes the process for the general, annual
  appointment of ISOC Trustees to fill the seats of Trustees whose
  terms are ending.  However, if an IETF-appointed Trustee is unable to
  serve his or her full term, the IAB may, at its discretion,
  immediately select a replacement to serve the remainder of the term
  using the interim process defined in Section 3.5.1.  If the IAB does 
  not invoke the interim process, the next annual selection process will
  fill the vacancy (if the vacant term does not end at that point) as well 
  as the regular appointment for that selection cycle.


3.5.1 Interim Appointment Process

  If the IAB elects to fill the mid-term vacancy before the next annual
  selection, a separate timeline will be announced and the rest of the
  process described in this document will be followed.


3/  

Fix the list of current IAB members to be the current IAB members
(instead of last year's IAB members).



Leslie.

Thomas Narten wrote:
> Hi Leslie.
>
>
> > My understanding is in line with what you've described -- that
> > the IAB can't renominate the same person, and that it would be better-
> > handled by informal discussion beforehand.
>
>
> > Is the text, then, sufficiently clear?
>
>
> Yes. No change needed.
>
>
> > Here's a proposed clarification:
>
>
> > 3.5 Mid-term Vacancies
>
>
> >    This document describes the process for the general, annual
> >    appointment of ISOC Trustees to fill the seats of Trustees whose
> >    terms are ending.  However, if an IETF-appointed Trustee is unable to
> >    serve his or her full term, the IAB may, at its discretion,
> >    immediately select a replacement to serve the remainder of the term
> >    using the interim process defined in Section 3.5.1.  If the IAB does
> >    not invoke the interim process, the next annual selection process
> >    will fill the vacancy as well as the regular appointment for the
> >    year (if there was more than a year left in the Trustee's term).
>
>
> I assume "a year or more left" is intended here.
>
> Pretty close. How about  the following for the last sentence:
>
>      If the IAB does not invoke the interim process, the next annual
>      selection process will fill the vacancy (if the vacant term does
>      not end at that point) as well as the regular appointment for
>      that selection cycle.
>
>      
>
> > 3.5.1 Interim Appointment Process
>
>
> >    If the IAB elects to fill the mid-term vacancy before the next annual
> >    selection, a separate timeline will be announced and the rest of the
> >    process described in this document will be followed.
>
>
> Looks fine.
>
>
> > I don't know if this would be handle-able in an RFC-Ed note, or
> > if this is big enough to require a doc rev.
>
>
> I can go either way. Partly depends on how much bother it will be to
> reissue the document (and I will note that the IAB members listed in
> the document reflect the IAB at the time the document was last issued,
> so that might factor in...)
>
> Thomas


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