Hi Lakshimnath, just a few notes and queries...
On 2008-03-16 16:10, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote:
...
* Nominee lists should be made public. In fact, other selection
processes within the IETF make the candidate lists public and so it is
time we let go of this in the nomcom context. The case against is
fairly weak at this point in time.
As I recall, this was discussed extensively before 3777 (and before
2727) and opinions were so evenly split that the only possible
conclusion was "no consensus for change". So we'll need to see if
opinions have changed...
(My opinion: on the occasions when I was a candidate, I would
have had no problem with it being made public. But the tricky part
is at what stage the list of candidates is considered stable
enough to be published.)
* Nominees are required to publish a statement for public consumption;
in fact, I would go further and require making some of the information
that normally goes into a typical questionnaire response public.
I think that depends completely on the previous point.
* The nomcom in the course of its operation may collect any type of
information and all that is for nomcom's eyes only. The nomcom shall
only provide testimony to the confirmation body based on that information.
* Members of the community may contact any nomcom member and ask to
anonymize their feedback; nominees cannot provide anonymous feedback on
other nominees for the same position.
* Non voting members may share and assert the opinions of the bodies
they represent, at will. All personal opinions shall be shared on a
pull-basis, initiated by the voting members or the chair.
* The nomcom chair should not share personal opinions on candidates. It
To be clear, do you mean the chair should not share his or her
personal opinions?
is advisable to not share opinions even on a pull-basis.
The chair's role is to ensure that the nomcom voting members consider
all opinions from the community.
* The confirmation bodies shall not receive any verbatim information
pertaining to the nomcom (either information collected by the nomcom or
generated during the nomcom process).
I think that's a pointless restriction. In fact I would see a positive
benefit in the nomcom's "testimony" including extracts from community
feedback. There's no point in forcing the nomcom to perform an
exercise in paraphrase. (Any such extracts should be anonymous,
of course.)
* The confirmation bodies are to be provided testimony on the selection
of each candidate. The testimony shall include the nature of
information collection and the debates; it may include a summary of
feedback and a characterization of the the strength of support for the
candidate within the community and the nomcom.
* Confirmation bodies may base their decision on information not
available to the nomcom. They are encouraged to share information on
nominees with the nomcom and contribute to the timely completion of the
nomcom process.
* Confirmation bodies must inform the nomcom of their decision within 4
weeks of receipt of the first communication from the nomcom with the
names of the candidates and the mandatory information to be included in
the testimony. If there is no response, the candidates are assumed to
be confirmed.
The rules currently say
"The completion of the process of confirming the candidates is due
within 1 month."
I can see an advantage in making that more precise, as you suggest.
But I don't like the default exit - if a confirming body doesn't
respond, I believe that should trigger a rather uncomfortable blowback
towards the confirming body. Otherwise we are setting them up to
abstain when there is a contentious case.
Brian
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