> On Jul 10, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Toerless Eckert <tte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 05:44:34PM -0700, Joseph Touch wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 10, 2020, at 5:28 PM, Toerless Eckert <tte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I think Mike did a good job in confusing the facts, and maybe the >>> explanations from NomCom >> >> IMO, Mike is correct. >> >> I think the intent here is simple: there aren???t Huawei slots; when someone from a given company steps out, that doesn???t mean someone from that company steps in. > > Of course not, but: > On which planet did this happen ? > How do you come to interpret what happened in that way ? > Luigi declined to serve. Thats all. > > What am i overlooking here ? Luigi’s new affiliation disqualifies Tai. If Luigi wants to step out, that’s his decision - but he doesn’t get to then control the fact that Tai gets put back in. That’s the “but there is now a Huawei slot” issue - so, to answer your first question, planet Earth. >> The right thing is to re-run the process and see what the result is. > > rfc3797 section 5.1, paragraph 3. Mike already spoke to this point. >> Otherwise, as is being seen, one person can ???game??? who is on the committee. That???s exactly what the detailed automated process is intended to prevent. > > And if 99% of NomCom qualified people are from one company, > we can't build a NomCom. Please do not use ridiculous theories > to justify changes in process or mishandling of the existing > rules. Conflict of interest is based on whatever anyone (including me) thinks COULD be a motivation. That concept is no more ridiculous than the automated system that’s been created to go out of our way to avoid it. Joe
