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Re: Nomcom is responsible for IESG qualifications

2013-03-07 17:01:50
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Joel M. Halpern 
<jmh(_at_)joelhalpern(_dot_)com> wrote:

Do note that while the nomcom is free to interpret the job requirements,
they are NOT free to redefine the job.  If asked for a Security AD, they can
not appoint an extra applications AD.  Even i the community input strongly
led them to conclude that is what is needed.


This is explicit in RFC 3777:

"The nominating committee does not select the open positions to be
      reviewed; it is instructed as to which positions to review."

It cannot decide not to review a specific position ("We're not reviewing the IAB
this year") nor can it decide to review a different AD set ("We're
going to re-do last
year's slots  as well as this years").  So I guess we agree, but it's not really
to the point being made.

One of the interesting things is that the nomcom does not in practice have a
way to tell the community exactly what it decided the job requirements are.

Why is the Nomcom report not a mechanism to do this?

regards,

Ted Hardie

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