Smoke filled rooms
Irrespectively Yours,
John
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From: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
[mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of
David Kessens
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:04 AM
To: Stewart Bryant
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: Appointment of Scott Mansfield as new IETF Liaison Manager
to the ITU-T
Stewart,
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 01:13:44PM +0000, Stewart Bryant wrote:
In this particular case the candidate pool would have been tiny,
because the criteria would surely have included being experienced
with
both the ITU process and the IETF liaison process, including knowing
and understanding the liaison history. Therefore it seems unlikely
that there would be any candidate that the IAB did not already know
about. So whilst I agree in general, this is not a case that should
raise any concerns.
This is exactly the reaction that makes me worried: if the pool of
candidates is already considered to be thin to begin with, it makes
even more sense to do a call for volunteers to make 100% sure that
nobody gets overlooked.
It's not a healthy culture to only allow positions to be filled from
the inside crowd. It's time to fix that.
David Kessens
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