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NomCom 2013 Concluded

Questionnaires

IESG Questionnaire for the Applications AD position
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Please return via email to nomcom2013@ietf.org by October 25, 2013.

This questionnaire is intended to provide the Nominating Committee
with information to help select among nominees for the IESG.

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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

ALSO IMPORTANT: NOTE that there is a section of this questionnaire labeled
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY. You may elect to write some information that will
not be shared with the confirming body. It will be kept absolutely confidential by the
nominating committee.

In the case of the IESG, if you are chosen as a candidate for the position, the
confirming body is the IAB. The section labeled NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY
will not be provided to the IAB during the confirmation process. You may tell
NOMCOM things that you wish not to be shared with the IAB (if you wish) in the
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY section.

FINAL IMPORTANT NOTE: When multiple questions are asked within a numbered block, you
may wish to provide a single answer that responds to that range of questions. Point for point
responses within numbered blocks are not required.

Thank you!

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1. NAME AND CONTACT INFO

Name:

Affiliation:
Consultants/Contractors, please provide the affiliation(s) of your
primary customer(s)

Email(s):

Phone(s):

Home Timezone:

2. EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP

2.1 Tell us about your current work as well as your educational,
professional, and research background. What major professional or
related time commitments do you have in addition to your primary affiliation?

2.2 What experience do you have related to the Internet, including research/
technology strengths, experience with other SDOs, experience in industry, etc.
Describe your experience (if any) actively participating in other SDOs.
Especially describe any activities related to standards making, management of
organizations, management of teams, or design/development of Internet software
or hardware.

(Please answer question 2.2 concisely - you may also include a CV and/or
list of relevant technical publications).

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.4 Describe your experience(s) in the IETF area for which you have been
nominated.

2.5 If you have technical or other management experience, please
discuss the scale, scope and style of your efforts. How will you apply management
skills to an IESG position?

Intercultural Skills - Background: People from many different cultures and
backgrounds participate in the IETF. Many have English as a second language, and
the diverse backgrounds mean that there are numerous sets of mores for public
behavior in the IETF. Discuss your exercise of "intercultural" skills, including
examples, if any. How should the IETF improve its handling of intercultural matters?
Please provide specific examples of problems you have seen. Additionally,
please indicate any skills or experience that you have that you think
relevant to helping the IETF better handle such issues in the future.

2.6 How will you manage competing time demands between
your primary work and the responsibilities of being an AD?

2.7 Please provide an example of a situation, in which you were serving
in an IETF leadership position (management or technical), where you made
a decision or set the direction for work that had a poor outcome. What
did you do in response to the situation? What alternatives might you
have pursued?

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

2.10 Consider the Co-AD in the area in which you have been nominated:
how do your skills and background complement the Co-AD's? What are your
thoughts on dividing the Area's work between yourself and the Co-AD?

2.11 If there is any other information you wish the NOMCOM to have, of any
type that might personally identify you, please share it here or in Section 12, and
not elsewhere in the questionnaire. This question is a good place to summarize
why you personally are qualified for and should receive strong consideration for
the position.

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NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN SECTIONS 3-11

Please do your your best to answer the questions in Sections 3-11 in a way that does not
include personal identifying information, that is your name, your affiliation, any current IETF
position(s), and any cultural affiliation. For information that you want the NOMCOM to have
that includes information that would personally identify you, please use Section 2 above
and/or Section 12 below.

3. IETF

3.1. Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2. Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IESG

Background: The desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

7.2 What are your general strengths and weaknesses in the area of time management,
multi-tasking, and staying in communication with many parties? Area Directors are
often deluged with email; discuss how you approach the handling of overloads in email
or in your task lists.

7.3 How do you utilize analysis, planning and inter-personal skills in
working with others, including managing them?

7.4 What are your personal strengths in general that would allow you to
contribute to the communications and management aspects of serving as an AD?
Please use Section 2 to comment on specific experience that would allow you
to contribute to these aspects, and comment here only on general strengths.

8. INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ADS

8.1 Discuss possible ways of interacting with the Co-AD in the Area in which
you are nominated.

8.2 Discuss the ways that you have seen ADs interact with ADs in other
areas. Explain your own approach to interacting with ADs in other areas
(whether this is a current or prospective approach).

8.3 How do you view the handling of DISCUSSes on documents in your area?
Who should be involved in the resolution of DISCUSSes? What criteria
should be used as the basis for voting DISCUSS? If you vote DISCUSS,
what will be your expectations for resolution of it?

8.4 How do you see your role as an AD in moving documents through the
approval process? How do you see your role as an AD in moving protocols
forward through the process to full standard?

9. APPEALS

Background: Section 6.5 of RFC 2026 describes a process of "open review
and discussion" used to resolve disputes or appeal decisions that cannot
be resolved through the ordinary process. The way in which appeals have
been handled has varied significantly over time. At some points in the past,
appeals were discussed in open plenary with the community asked to give
input during the appeals process. In more recent years, the IESG and IAB have
handled appeals in executive session, even asking liaisons from other
organizations to leave.

How should IETF leadership approach the dispute resolution/appeal?
Should any changes be made, such as to the transparency of the process?
How can appeals be handled to lessen their being adversarial?

10. TALENT AND CHAIR MANAGEMENT

10.1 What will be your approach to the selection of Working Group
chairs, including trade-offs and concern for conflicts of interest? How will you
approach the development of new talent and leadership in your Area?

10.2 How will you coach Chairs to be effective in their jobs?
What criteria will you use for determining when a chair is not
performing well? Please consider both a situation in which one co-chair
is under-performing while the other chair picks up the slack and a
situation in which both chairs are under-performing. How will you deal
with chairs who are not performing well? How will you deal with a
Working Group that is not performing well despite heroic attempts by the
chair(s)?

10.3 Describe your thoughts on how would you guide the WG chairs in
your IETF area to manage the meeting time well?

11 TECHNICAL AUTHORITY

11.1 As an Area Director, to what degree will you expect to remain a
technical contributor in your area? Do you have thoughts on how you might
keep technically current and active while addressing your new IESG time
commitments?

11.2 How will you balance your management and technical
responsibilities as Area Director? How should you handle a situation in
which your own technical preferences differ from those of working group
consensus?

11.3 Employers, trade associations and other groups with which an Area
Director is affiliated often wish to pursue their own agenda in the
IETF. How should you handle this with respect to your responsibility
to act as an individual rather than a representative, in the IETF?

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

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NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY

The answer to the following question will not be shared with the confirming
body (the IAB). This section will not be used during the initial blinded review.

12. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Is there any other information you wish to share with the Nominating
Committee that you do not wish to have shared with the IAB. Such
information may include opinions or comments about individuals on various
IETF leadership bodies (I*). It may include opinions about the direction
of working groups, areas, or leadership bodies. These comments also may
include elaborations on any of your above answers, if there are further
aspects you would like to mention that you do not want shared with the
IAB.

IESG Questionnaire for the Transport AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

In the case of the IESG, if you are chosen as a candidate for the position, the
confirming body is the IAB. The section labeled NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY
will not be provided to the IAB during the confirmation process. You may tell
NOMCOM things that you wish not to be shared with the IAB (if you wish) in the
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY section.

FINAL IMPORTANT NOTE: When multiple questions are asked within a
numbered block, you may wish to provide a single answer that responds to that
range of questions. Point for point responses within numbered blocks are not required.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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3. IETF

3.1. Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2. Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IESG

Background: the desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and
other directorates. When you are discussing a directorate based on being a
member/leader in it, please either answer the question quite generally, or provide
the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

IESG Questionnaire for the Internet AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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Background: the desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

IESG Questionnaire for the Security AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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3. IETF

3.1. Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2. Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IESG

Background: the desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

IESG Questionnaire for the Operations and Management AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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3. IETF

3.1. Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2. Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IESG

Background: the desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

IESG Questionnaire for the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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3. IETF

3.1. Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2. Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IESG

Background: the desired expertise for IESG positions is found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

IESG Questionnaire for the Routing AD position
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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.8 Describe your experiences in any IETF cross-area work that you have
undertaken.

2.9 If you are an incumbent AD, what aspects of your work do
you think you could improve to become a better AD?

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Please tell us about your views on the description, both the general aspects
and the specifics about the Area Director position for which you are
nominated. Please tell us your views on the time commitments deemed
necessary to serve in the position.

5. MANAGEMENT STYLES

5.1 Please discuss the way you apply your management style to different
kinds of people and groups. For example, how should a working group with
experienced participants be handled differently from one that has less
experience or a particularly challenging topic, or how should deadlock situations
in working groups be resolved?

6. THE AREA

6.1 What do you think is going well in the area for which you have been
nominated? What aspects of the area need improvement, including the key
topics that need to be addressed? What actions should be taken to
address these issues? Are there some working groups that will receive
your special focus and why?

6.2 How do you feel about the use of Directorates? Do you find them
helpful, hindrances, secret-clubs, critical to the success of the IESG, other?
Please tell us about both the directorates for the Area you are nominated and other directorates.
Where you are discussing a directorate based on being a member/leader in it, please either
answer the question quite generally, or provide the information under Section 2.

6.3 Describe how would you guide new work (BOFs, Bar BOFs, side-meetings etc) in
your area so that it leads to meaningful IETF work.

6.4 What do you think is the role of cross-area review in the IETF? Discuss a
specific example or examples of cross-area review and interaction that you feel
was productive/useful. Discuss a specific example or examples that you feel
was less productive or could have been improved. If your examples give away your
personal identity, please provide them in Section 2 rather than here.

7. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

7.1 What types of abilities do you bring to the IESG and the role of AD for
the area in question? (Please answer this in general terms and discuss the specific
experiences you bring in Section 2).

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

Questionnaire for the IAOC/IETF Trust position
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Please return via email to nomcom2013@ietf.org by October 25, 2013.

This questionnaire is intended to provide the Nominating Committee with information to
help select among nominees for the IAOC/Trust.

Please see https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/ for a summary of
the desired expertise (skills, responsibilities, etc.) of the job.

The estimated time commitment varies depending upon the items on the IAOC/Trust's plate,
with an average over the year of perhaps 5-10 hours a week.

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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

IMPORTANT: NOTE when filling out this questionnaire that there is a section
labeled NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. Please do your best to
answer the questions in this section without including your name, affiliation,
current IETF positions (if any) or other identifying information. One round of
discussion by the NOMCOM may take place using blinded questionnaires only;
in this case, the nominating committee may consider initiallly only the portion
of your questionnaire that does not identify you personally.

In the case of the IAOC, if you are chosen as a candidate for the position,
the confirming body is the IESG. The section labeled NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY
will not be provided to the IESG during the confirmation process. You may tell
NOMCOM things that you wish not to be shared with the IESG (if you wish) in the
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY section.

Thank you!

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1. NAME AND CONTACT INFO

Name:

Affiliation:
Consultants/Contractors, please provide the affiliation(s) of
your primary customer(s):

Email(s):

Phone(s):

Home Timezone:

2. EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP

2.1 Please describe your current and past work experience. Please be
concise (a CV and/or list of recent and relevant accomplishments may
be attached.)

2.2 Areas of particular relevance to the IAOC role include
understanding how the IETF and its culture work, financial acumen and
familiarity with financial terms and concepts (e.g., balance sheets),
management experience, and the ability to successfully introduce and
manage organizational change. Some specific area you might cover
include:

- experience with the IETF, e.g., attendance at IETF meetings,
technical contributions, leadership roles (e.g., WG chair, IAB/IESG,
etc.)

- experience with other standards organizations

- experience with the issues handled by the IAOC, e.g., IETF meeting
logistics, financial requirements of the IETF, IETF Trust

- financial expertise and experience

- experience with RFP proposals and selection, experience with
management of staff and contractors

- general management and leadership skills, e.g., experience with
contractual matters, planning

- intercultural skills needed to understand and support the IETF’s
multi-cultural community

2.3 Intercultural Skills in more detail - Background: People from many
different cultures and backgrounds participate in the IETF. Many have
English as a second language, and the diverse backgrounds mean that
there are numerous sets of mores for public behavior in the IETF. How
should the IETF improve its handling of intercultural matters? Please
provide specific examples of problems you have seen. Additionally,
please describe any skills or experience that you have that you think
are relevant to helping the IETF better handle such issues in the
future.

2.4 If there is any other information you wish the NOMCOM to have, of
any type that might personally identify you, please share it here or
in Section 4 below, and do not include it in Section 3. This question
is a good place to summarize why you personally are qualified for and
should receive strong consideration for the position.

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NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION

Please do your your best to answer the questions in Section 3 in a way
that does not include personal identifying information, that is your
name, your affiliation, any current IETF position(s), and any cultural
affiliation. For information that you want the NOMCOM to have that
includes information that would personally identify you, please use
Sections 1 and 2 above and/or Section 4 below.

3. Your views/approach to IAOC issues

3.1. Please tell us your assessment of the description of the
responsibilities of the IAOC and its members, and the time commitments
deemed necessary to fulfill the role.

3.2. What do you think is going well or poorly in the IAOC in terms of
its role of meeting the financial and operational needs of the IETF?

3.3. Given changes in participant funding, travel budgets and other
uncertainties for IETF revenues, what should the IAOC do to ensure
stable IETF financials without damaging IETF productivity and quality?

3.4. Describe the administrative and/or Trust issues you expect the
IAOC to have as primary concerns over the next 2-4 years, and the
actions you believe the IAOC might take to address them.

3.5. Describe your views on the role of the IAOC as Trustee of the
IETF Trust.

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

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NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY

The answer to the following question will not be shared with the confirming
body (the IESG). This section may include personal identifying information.

4. Additional Information

Is there any information you wish to share with the Nominating Committee
that you do not wish to have shared with the IESG? This may
include additional details about employment or work time issues. It may
include opinions or comments about individuals on the various bodies
involved in leading the IETF activities. It may include opinions about
the direction of working groups, areas, or leadership bodies. These
comments may also include elaborations on any of your above answers, if
there are further aspects you would like to mention that you do not want
shared with the IESG.

END OF SECTION: NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY

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Questionnaire for IAB Nominees
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Please return via email to nomcom2013@ietf.org by October 25, 2013.

This questionnaire is intended to provide the Nominating Committee
with information to help select among nominees for the IAB.

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CONFIDENTIALITY: NOTE that the contents of this questionnaire will remain
absolutely confidential to the nominations comittee process.

IMPORTANT: NOTE when filling out this questionnaire that there are several sections
labeled NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. Please do your best to
answer the questions in those sections without including your name, affiliation,
current IETF positions (if any) or other identifying information. One round of
discussion by the NOMCOM may take place using blinded questionnaires only;
in this case, the nominating committee may consider initiallly only the portion
of your questionnaire that does not identify you personally.

ALSO IMPORTANT: NOTE that there is a section of this questionnaire labeled
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY. You may elect to write some information that will
not be shared with the confirming body. It will be kept absolutely confidential by the
nominating committee.

In the case of the IAB, if you are chosen as a candidate for the position, the
confirming body is the ISOC Board. The section labeled NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY
will not be provided to the ISOC Board during the confirmation process. You may tell
NOMCOM things that you wish not to be shared with the ISOC Board (if you wish) in the
NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY section.

FINAL IMPORTANT NOTE: When multiple questions are asked within a numbered
block, you may wish to provide a single answer that responds to that range of questions.
Point for point responses within numbered blocks are not required.

Thank you!

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1. NAME AND CONTACT INFO

Name:

Affiliation:
Consultants/Contractors, please provide the affiliation(s) of your
primary customer(s)

Email(s):

Phone(s):

Home Timezone:

2. EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP

2.1 Tell us about your current work as well as your educational,
professional, and research background. What major professional or
related time commitments do you have in addition to your primary affiliation?

2.2 What experience do you have related to the Internet, including research/
technology strengths, experience with other SDOs, experience in industry, etc.
Describe your experience (if any) actively participating in other SDOs.
Especially describe any activities related to standards making, management of
organizations, management of teams, or design/development of Internet software
or hardware.

(Please answer question 2.2 concisely - you may also include a CV and/or
list of relevant technical publications).

2.3 Tell us about your IETF and/or IRTF work experience in technical
leadership roles (for example, WG/RG/BoF chair, IAB/IESG/IAOC,
directorate, etc.).

2.4 Internet Governance - describe any personal experience you have had that
relates to Internet Governance, or has touched on Internet Governance.

2.5 Intercultural Skills - Background: People from many different cultures and
backgrounds participate in the IETF. Many have English as a second language, and
the diverse backgrounds mean that there are numerous sets of mores for public
behavior in the IETF. How should the IETF improve its handling of intercultural matters?
Please provide specific examples of problems you have seen. Additionally,
please indicate any skills or experience that you have that you think are
relevant to helping the IETF better handle such issues in the future.

2.6 If you are an incumbent IAB member, what aspects of your
own work do you think you could improve to become a better IAB member?

2.7 If there is any other information you wish the NOMCOM to have, of any type
that might personally identify you, please share it here or in Section 11 below, and not
elsewhere in the questionnaire. This question is a good place to summarize
why you personally are qualified for and should receive strong consideration for
the position.

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NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN SECTIONS 3-9

Please do your your best to answer the questions in Sections 3-9 in a way that does not
include personal identifying information, that is your name, your affiliation, any current IETF
position(s), and any cultural affiliation. For information that you want the NOMCOM to have
that includes information that would personally identify you, please use Sections 1 and 2
above and/or Section 11 below.

3. IETF

3.1 Discuss the ways you think the IETF is fullfilling its purpose and
the ways it needs to improve.

3.2 Discuss your views on the nature and practice of IETF liaisons,
including any changes you would like to see.

4. IAB

Background: The summary of desired expertise for IAB positions is available at:
https://www.datatracker.org/nomcom/2013/expertise/

4.1 What are your views on the description, especially concerning the
different roles for an IAB member and the time commitments deemed
necessary to fulfill those roles?

4.2 What should be the impact of the IAB, internal and external to the
IETF? What is currently going well and what needs improvement? What is
your long term vision for the IAB? What needs to happen, to achieve these
goals and what are the priorities for them?

4.3 What is your understanding of "architecture" when referring to IETF
work? How is it different from protocol work? What areas of Internet
architecture need improvement and how should that be achieved? What is
the role and utility of architecture in IETF activities?

4.4 What abilities would you bring to the IAB compared to the expertise
currently available on it? What are your key strengths (in general, leaving
specific types of experience to your answers in Section 2)?

4.5 What are your views on the ongoing IAB programs in general and on
the specific programs? In particular, how do you see confidentiality
issues e.g. sharing of information to non-IAB members, and do you see needs
for improvements to any of the current practices related to IAB programs?

4.6 What are your views of developing the skills and talent of others so that there
is a pipeline into the IAB and into the leadership roles within the IAB (IAB Chair,
directors of programs, etc).

5. MANAGEMENT AND SOFT SKILLS

5.1 How do you use analysis, planning and inter-personal skills in
working with others, including managing them?

5.2 What are your personal strengths in general that would allow you to
contribute to the communications and management aspects of serving on the IAB?
Please use Section 2 to comment on specific experience that would allow you
to contribute to these aspects, and comment here only on general strengths.

6. IRTF

What is your view of the IRTF's role with respect to the IETF, IAB and
the Internet?

7. INTERNET GOVERNANCE

7.1 Discuss your understanding of the activities and goals that are
covered by the term Internet Governance in general tems.

7.2 Please describe Internet Governance issues for which you think the
IAB should have a position during your term.

8. APPEALS

Background: Section 6.5 of RFC 2026 describes a process of "open review
and discussion" used to resolve disputes or appeal decisions that cannot
be resolved through the ordinary process. The way in which appeals have
been handled has varied significantly over time. At some point in the past,
appeals have been discussed in open plenary with the community asked to give
input during the appeals process. In more recent years, the IESG and IAB
have handled appeals in executive session, even asking liaisons from other
organizations to leave.

How should IETF leadership approach the dispute resolution/appeal?
Should any changes be made, such as to the transparency of the process?
How can appeals be handled to lessen their being adversarial?

9. TIME COMMITMENT

Background: IAB members are responsible for various activities including
regular attendance at IAB teleconferences and attendance in person to
IETF meetings and IAB workshops. The time commitment in "normal weeks"
(i.e., those not containing IETF meetings, retreats, or workshops) is
typically one to three days a week or more for IAB members that are
fully engaged.

Are you willing and able to commit your time to complete IAB tasks such as to
follow the IAB, IRTF and IETF discussions on a regular basis?

END OF SECTION: NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

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NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY

The answer to the following question will not be shared with the confirming
body (the ISOC Board). This section may include personal identifying information.

10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Is there any information you wish to share with the Nominating Committee
that you do not wish to have shared with the ISOC Board? This may
include additional details about employment or work time issues. It may
include opinions or comments about individuals on the various bodies
involved in leading the IETF activities. It may include opinions about
the direction of working groups, areas, or leadership bodies. These
comments may also include elaborations on any of your above answers, if
there are further aspects you would like to mention that you do not want
shared with the ISOC Board.

END OF SECTION: NOT FOR CONFIRMING BODY

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