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

Brian E Carpenter brian at hursley.ibm.com
Wed Mar 5 13:56:40 CET 2003


john.loughney at nokia.com wrote:
> 
> Hames,
> 
> > I agree with this analysis, but I think you may be missing
> > one point in EKR's postings.
> >
> > In addition to agreeing about who has authority/responsiblity for what in the
> > current organizational structure, there is the open question about whether the
> > current organizational structure is sufficient for the current situation. There
> > have been some proposals for a more formal intermediary level between IESG and
> > WG chairs, with a discussion of their attendant drawbacks.
> >
> > Do we want to completely rule out this possibility due to the
> > drawbacks?
> 
> I don't think we should rule it out at all.  I want to document the current
> percieved problems before we start working on solutions.
> 
> I do think some more formalism might not be a bad thing between the IESG
> & WG chairs - and I do think that WG chairs shoulder some of the responsibilities
> for the current problem(s).

Agreed, we should rule nothing out at this point, but (solution warning)
my instinct right now is that giving WG chairs more explicit responsibility
is probably better than adding another layer of "management". Read Dilbert
if you want the arguments for this viewpoint.

   Brian




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