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

["James Kempf" <kempf@docomolabs-usa.com>]

Looks fine to me.

            jak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Daigle" <leslie@thinkingcat.com>
To: <iab@ietf.org>
Cc: <iesg@ietf.org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Evaluation: draft-iab-isocbot - IETF ISOC Board of Trustee
Appointment Procedures


>
> 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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