A question about the role of the IESG

[Jonne.Soininen@nokia.com]

Hi everybody,

maybe somebody more senior in the IETF can answer this...

According the current processes, and practices in the IETF it seems that =
the IESG has almost unlimited power over the IETF. The IESG is not =
really accountable to the IETF community (e.g. meeting minutes are not =
public and only the collective decisions are communicated), the IESG has =
no responsibility towards the general public of the IETF, and it is seen =
as the management of the IETF. In the current model, the IESG =
supervises, and has control over the work of the community, and the WGs =
execute the operative work. This is somewhat parallel to the model of a =
company where the responsibility is always upwards. In general, this is =
rather unique arrangement in a community environment.

I was just wondering, how this operative model was chosen, and why this =
is seen as a more effective model than models used in other SDOs where =
the community steers itself without hierarchical management?

Cheers,

Jonne.

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Jonne Soininen
Nokia

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