| Hi, Eliot. I disagree that this is the spirit of the rule. The spirit is to get as close as possible to having the NomCom be the first 10 candidates on the list without breaking constraints. The first 10 include 3 Cisco people, so the last of them had to be removed, and the 11th one added. Note that Reshad is not disqualified. He was just skipped over to meet our affiliation diversity requirements. As it turned out after the fact, the first 11 also included 3 Huawei people, so we need the 12th candidate. Note that neither Luigi nor Tal are disqualified. They both meet the criteria for NomCom eligibility. Mike’s interpretation would have us get the 13th candidate into NomCom. This goes against the spirit of the rule, because we can meet the constraints with only the first 12. It hinges on treating Luigi’s revelation that he works for Huawei and Luigi’s volunteering to be the one kicked off the list as two separate events. They are not. The chair’s message makes it clear that they were one event. Assuming Mike’s interpretation, which I still think is incorrect, is accepted, then Luigi should be allowed to withdraw his resignation. It was only done because, to quote the chair’s email, "since he was the person who didn't mention this prior to selection, he should be the one removed” Yoav
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