RE: [Gen] Thinking about adding a new person to the IESG

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

--On 1. november 2003 14:06 -0500 Margaret.Wasserman@nokia.com wrote:

> Hi Harald,
>
> A question after reading this version:
>
> > - There are a number of activities going on that the IETF Chair feels
> > responsible for. Some of them, but far from all, involve the
> > General area and the procedure updates. Others include a lot of
> > inter-function relationship management, and keeping track of IETF-wide
> > topics and issues that cannot be solved within a single area.
>
> In your opinion, does this include cross-area administrative
> issues such as education, tools deployment, processes, etc.,
> cross-area technical issues, or both?

To the degree these require leadership based in a specific area in the IESG 
- yes. The argument being that "no other area is responsible for them".

Note: this does not mean that specific tasks (like tracker follow-up) 
should not be put onto other ADs' shoulders if they have the time and 
skills needed.

                         Harald