On 7/23/20 6:14 PM, Martin Thomson wrote: > That said, if the NomCom were to decide that the procedure for > choosing IETF chair was to blindfold each person and have them pin > something to pictures of nominees, akin to the children's party game > of pin the tail on the donkey, I can see why liaisons might want to > have a say in that. That might be better dealt with by including > that in a report to a confirming body. Indeed. I was IAB liaison a few years ago and stayed out (or tried to stay out) of the decision-making process. It seems to me to be important to avoid creating processes that are effectively closed and/or uniform, and nomcom is one of the most obvious places in the IETF where that can happen. I think it's valuable to give them space to breathe and to deal with any gross irregularities during the confirmation process. Melinda -- Melinda Shore melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx Software longa, hardware brevis
