Definition of power and responsibility [Re: Delegation ofpower(wasRE: Section 2.4 ofdraft-ietf-problem-statement-00.txt)]

[Brian E Carpenter]

Agreed. 

   Brian

john.loughney at nokia.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I agree with you in principle, but I think the paragraph below
> looks like solutions work.
> 
> > So, can we stop talking about either excessive concentration
> > of power, or about delegation, and start talking about the need
> > for clear definitions of what powers and responsibilities the
> > IETF grants to *each* level in our structure?
> 
> What I propose is:
> 
>  I think we should document in the problem statement that is
>  a perceived concentration of power (or lack of delegation of
>  power) with, perhaps, some short text about effects of such
>  a feeling.  I think that this is good to document, without
>  finger pointing.
> 
>  Second, I think that there needs to be documentation to the effect
>  that definitions about the powers & responsibilities of different
>  parts of the IETF (IAB, IESG, WG chairs, individual participants)
>  are unclear.
> 
> I think if we can clarify some of these issues, we may be along
> a path of improving the IETF.
> 
> br,
> John