Leslie Daigle wrote:
We need
to have some cultural sophistication if we're going to ask Sue to run
against incumbent Bob openly, given that Sue's WG has documents waiting
for Bob's approval.
I hope that this observation scares folk as much as it should. The implication
that an incumbent AD is to be feared implies that ADs have far too much power.
Secondly, it's not really useful (to the whole system) if only some
candidates declare themselves publicly.
That's just plain wrong.
If a candidate wishes to encourage openness and encourage a broader base of
input to Nomcom, they can and should disclose their candidacy. Nomcom will
benefit from having better information, for the candidates who choose to
publicly disclose their candidacy, because more people will know that comments
on a particular candidate are needed.
No candidate need wait for other candidates to agree to this.
Contrary to your view, it is a very simple decision.
More importantly, it is exactly the sort of decision that can and should be
individual and has no need to wait for some magic group decision or formal IETF
policy -- a decision that we've solidly demonstrated will not get made.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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