From: Nelson, David [mailto:dnelson(_at_)enterasys(_dot_)com]
I think NOMCOM is like a Representative Town Meeting, in
which the representatives are chosen by a random selection
process, rather than by election. The outcome, which
supports in-depth consideration and substantial, informed
debate, is much the same.
The NOMCON process is certainly grounded in academic theories of governance
that were popular in the 80s. Many of them attempt to provide a practical
implementation of Rawl's theory of justice.
The problem I see is NOT who gets elected but the lack of authority and
mandate. The reason that the time spent on NEWTRACK was wasted is that nobody
feels that they have a mandate to change anything.
As a result the IETF is a standards body with 2000 active participants that
produces on average less than 3 standards a year and typically takes ten years
to produce even a specification.
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