Dave,
John,
On 7/24/2010 2:24 PM, John Leslie wrote:
> How can we impose additional
> experience requirements on some NomCom members without implying that
> we want their opinions to be considered "better"?
I've been on 3 Nomcoms. Voting members with experience are typically
notable, but those without have yet to show anything I'd call "deference"
or "intimidation". On the average, IETF participants are each and all
rather independent-minded and painfully unintimidated by folks with
extensive experience.
During a discussion among members, being able to cite experience when
offering an opinion helps, but I haven't seen anything that looked like
inherently preferential position because a member has more experience.
Decisions still require making a good case for a position.
I'll be the IAB's liaison to NomCom this year, but I haven't served on a
NomCom previously. You're addressing a concern I had (and I don't think I
was the only one) about part of the committee deferring to more experienced
participants.
I hadn't heard anyone saying "not a problem in my experience" previously.
Good to know.
Thank you.
Spencer
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