[dns-wg] reminder about the WG Chair appointment process

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:09:25PM +0000, Jim Reid wrote:

> [2] A co-chair will serve a term of N years, where N is the number
> of co-chairs. Terms will be staggered so that one term expires every
> year. A co-chair cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms.

as was mentioned during the session, not all of the co-chairs agreed on
this text. Let me explain my dissent:  iff (sic!) we accept the 'as lightweight
as possible' axiom for the design, the term limit seems redundant to me
based on the assumption that common sense should prevail. Change and rotation
is already taken care of by the useful term length and explicit appointment
procedures.  Rest assured this is not myself looking forward to a lifetime sentence.

> [5] The WG may decide by consensus to remove a WG co-chair at any time.

Last time this became imminent in another WG, a lynch mob was orchestrated
kind of along these lines. The result was right, just that due process
suffered "a bit".  Therefore I think this aspect is underspecified and
would benefit from replacement by what the WG chair task force had come up with.
Of course, that's not specific to this particular WG.

-Peter (no hat)