Eric,
On 06/03/2013 14:29, Eric Gray wrote:
> John,
>
> I considered this before making my reply, especially in light of a
> number of recent
> events with which I am intimately familiar.
>
> To become the Chair of the IESG involves a second level of selection
> that is much
> more political. You have to be selected - I believe - for the role by your
> peers on the IESG.
You believe wrongly. The NomCom nominates the IETF Chair, who also serves
as IESG Chair and as AD for the General Area.
> This then is a matter for the IESG, more than the NomCom, or the IETF as a
> whole.
>
> This is - I feel sure - one of the things that a NomCom has to consider
> in picking folks
> for IESG membership: there needs to be at least one AD on the IESG that is
> both willing and
> able to take on this role.
That applies to the IAB, but not to the IESG.
Brian
