On Tue, 14 Jul 2020, S Moonesamy wrote:
There is a special past-past chair advisor. The explanation for
that is "this year is so strange". Making such an appointment was
not discussed during the evaluation of the document which was
published as RFC 8788. There isn't any information about which
rule(s) was used to make that appointment.
The list at [1] also includes Henrik as a tools team advisor.
One might presume that the NomCom chair intends to propose both
additional advisors to the NomCom according to the usual process in
section 4.3 of RFC8713. It is odd to see them announced before the
voting memebers of NomCom are seated.
It is interesting how the number of non-voting NomCom members has
grown over time. This list has nine(!) non-voting members, and that
is before the voting members have been seated and potentially added
more. NomCom 2019 had 8. NomCom 2018 had 7. NomCom 2017 had 6.
NomComs 2016 and 2015 each had only 5. [2]
If I were a voting member of this NomCom, I would be concerned about
being overwhelmed by advisors, particularly since the advisors get a
vote on procedural matters, including the removal of voting NomCom
members.
-- Sam
[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2020/
[2] n.b. I'm looking at the lists at [1]. It is possible these
NomComs added advisors that are not listed. I'm pretty sure NomCom
2015 added Henrik as an advisor.
