[iot-wg] WG co-chair appointment

> On 11 May 2020, at 12:50, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A question for the current co-chairs: do we need only one new co-chair? Can we not have two?

<WG co-chair hat off>
Gordon, the current process says the WG has two co-chairs who serve staggered two-year terms.

If the WG wants more co-chairs, someone needs to start a discussion about that and take account of what their proposed changes mean for the term limit provision to ensure a healthy turnover of co-chairs. [I suppose a maximum of 2 3-year terms would be just as good as 3 2-year terms. YMMV.] Once that’s sorted we then need to get the WG to reach consensus on the new process.

I think that discussion would need to take place after the appointment procedure that’s already in progress has run its course. We can’t realistically change engines in mid-flight. More so when the plane’s on its final approach for landing. :-)

Personally speaking, I think two co-chairs for the WG is enough. The workload isn’t high enough (yet) to justify more. Though this has of course to be a decision for the WG to make. FWIW, few other WGs have >2 co-chairs.