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Again, I agree that this is better for the Nomcom. The questions are:
1- is this better for the pool of applicants
or does being on a public list provide
a reason not to offer to serve?
There is also the opposite effect--being nominated is an honor which is
removed if the list is kept secret. You will probably see the two offset
one another. Further, trying to account for every possible psychological
reaction, and wind around it, is eventually going to be an impossible task.
2- is this better for the IETF as a whole
does the Nomcom actually come to a
better decision as a result?
I believe so.
I've shown specific impact to #1 above.
The Nomcom does NOT select the best person for each position. They
select the best person _available_, using a set criteria that at least
partly bias their decision to avoid controversy (what if *all* the
selected nominees were from Canada in one year?), as influenced by
whatever lobbying occurs to re-bias that decision.
Making the list public changes all these factors, but does not clearly
make the decision more reliable when considered as a whole.
IMHO, it does make the decision more reliable, simply because the
publicity of the list encourages those who have something to say to
actually say it. If you see the complete list, and feel you know someone
who would do better than anyone there, then you are more likely to
nominate them, than to nominate people blindly.
Lack of information is being much more of a hinder than too much
information at the moment.
:-)
Russ
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