Draft of a job posting for process leadership

Henning Schulzrinne hgs@cs.columbia.edu
Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:46:39 -0500


It would be nice if the person was familiar with other SDOs, such as 
IEEE and W3C. One of the problems afflicting the IETF is, I believe, a 
certain parochialism.

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> Comments welcome.
> I had thought I'd try to send this to ietf-announce today (Friday).
> 
>               Harald
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> Job Posting - Chair of problem statement working group
> 
> The IESG is searching for a chair for the proposed problem statement 
> working group.
> The IESG has decided to ask for community input when deciding on a chair 
> for this working group.
> 
> Among the criteria that we think are important for the person we need 
> for this task are:
> 
> - Knowledge of the IETF community
> - Independent of any particular IETF group
> - Ability to listen to input from the community
> - Capable of clear statement of thinking
> - Capable of guiding a group towards consensus
> - Understanding organization management principles
> - Understanding organizational dynamics and organizational growth
> - Not a present member of IESG or IAB
> - Not a candidate for IESG or IAB on this nomcom cycle (2002-2003)
> 
> If you want to suggest a candidate, or want to volunteer to be a 
> candidate, please send email to chair@ietf.org, stating the name, email 
> and important qualifications of the persons you want to suggest, on or 
> before December 13, 2002.
> Late suggestions will be considered when possible.
> 
> The AD will attempt to verify with the suggested persons that they are 
> willing to do the task, and will discuss the list of candidates with the 
> IESG and the nomcom.
> The list of willing candidates may also be made public.
> If a candidate wishes to not have his or her name made public, please 
> note so when accepting the request to be considered.
> 
> The proposed charter for the WG is attached.
> 
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> Problem Statement (problem)
> 
> Chair(s):
> TBD
> 
> General Area Director(s):
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
> 
> General Area Advisor:
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
> 
> Mailing List:
> General Discussion:  problem-statement@alvestrand.no
> To Subscribe:        mail to problem-statement-request@alvestrand.no
> Archive:             http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/problem-statement/
> 
> Description of Working Group:
> 
> Discussions over the last couple of months have revealed a significant 
> number of thoughts about problems that exist with the way the IETF 
> operates.
> In advance of trying to change the IETF procedure rules to deal with 
> these problems, it would be a Good Thing to have a clear, agreed-upon 
> description of what problems we are trying to solve.
> 
> This group is charged with bringing forth the document describing those 
> problems.
> 
> The intent is that the group will discuss issues on its mailing list, 
> and that there will be an editing team to produce a clear, concise 
> problem statement that the group can have consensus on, and present to 
> the IETF as a basis for an IETF consensus.
> 
> As a second work item, the group will also produce a proposal for a 
> process to find solutions to the problems identified.
> 
> It is not a part of this group's charter to propose solutions to the 
> problems.
> 
> The work will be reviewed in plenary at the IETF.
> 
> Goals and Milestones:
> 
> Dec 02 Group formed
> Jan 03 First I-D of problem statement issued
> Mar 03 Problem statement reviewed at the IETF Plenary
> Mar 03 Proposal for further work reviewed at the IETF Plenary
> May 03 Problem statement submitted for RFC publication