Policy-Discussion

[Iang <iang AT iang.org>]

Some thoughts have been expressed about the concept of a 
Senior Assurer.  This is a controversial subject, in that 
the idea of Assurance is supposed to be almost egalitarian 
in its approach to getting the job done...  Indeed, it may 
be that we just need an expanded "Officer" corp rather than 
an advanced Assurer corp.

Having said that, it might help to create a checklist of 
things that a Senior Assurer might be.  Out of that list, 
with some slashing & burning, we might be able to craft more 
of an ideal ... which will help the debate.

As promised, here is a list, from what I've seen ... in the 
various posts.  Food for thought:


*  a number of assurances (10?  100?  1000?)
*  attended a number of events (1? 10?)
*  managed an event
*  supervised new Assurers
*  accepted by other Senior Assurers
*  managed something outside strict Assurance
   (policy, education, PR, security, disputes....)
*  part of the core / policy / inner circle groups
*  has written some documentation
*  over 18 years old
*  a member of the association
*  has additional relevent qualifications
   (tertiary training, member of relevant professional body)
*  notary public (english style)
*  knows many languages
*  acts as RA for other CAs (e.g., Thwarte)
*  no deep and dark past worth gossiping about
*  passes the notoriously fierce background check
*  can act as on-the-spot arbitrator in disputes
*  has passed all the (yet to be written) tests
*  not married to agent of foreign powers


And many others, no doubt.

There may also be other ways to approach the emerging needs.

What I am looking at here is that there are a lot tasks that 
need doing as the organisation grows, and we need a pool of 
people to undertake these tasks.  Who's going to do those tasks?

iang

PS:  There is no particular Audit requirement for some 
senior people here .. but there is a need for lots of 
policies to be spread through the organisation, and lots of 
documents to be written.  That's not being done, so that's 
an Audit issue.