Hi Jay, Many thanks for bringing this proposed policy for consultation. I think it might have helped if the section "Purpose of this Policy" had included a little "why" as well as the "what". That is, reading that short section it is clear to me what the policy does, but not what the purpose is. Having read the proposal several times and finally caught up with the mailing list, I am very much in support of many of the comments made about NomCom feedback. NomCom is not a blind weighing machine balancing the number and magnitude of comments. It is a group of careful and thoughtful individuals who will look at all feed-back and, where necessary ask questions and follow up with the people giving the feedback, with others who might have a view, and with the nominees. And all this with the requirement of confidentiality. NomCom is well able to detect potential conflict of interest and see through slanted feedback. It seems to me that the more information NomCom has, the better decisions it will make. In the light of this, I think you should remove all constraints on providing feedback to NomCom by any person and about any person except that it should be "an expectation that Covered Individuals clearly declare any relationship that might be a cause of perceived conflict of interest on each piece of NomCom feedback they give." Then NomCom has all the information. Thanks, Adrian -----Original Message----- From: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce-bounces@xxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of IETF Executive Director Sent: 12 October 2020 00:23 To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Consultation on proposed IETF LLC Community Engagement Policy The IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) has drafted a proposed IETF LLC Community Engagement Policy [1] that sets out how IETF LLC board, staff and contractors will engage with the IETF community, including * what involvement board, staff and contractors may have in the the development of RFCs; * what engagement they may have with the NomCom; * How the IETF LLC seeks community feedback; * What mechanisms the IETF LLC uses for community engagement. The policy proposes a new mailing list ietf-admin@xxxxxxxx for the discussion of IETF LLC related matters. The IETF LLC now seeks community feedback on this proposed policy. Please provide feedback by 26 October 2020 00:00 UTC using any of the following methods: * Raising an issue on the Github repository [2] * Direct to the IETF Executive Director at exec-director@xxxxxxxx * Direct to the IETF LLC Board (not including the IETF Executive Director) at llc-board-only@xxxxxxxx * To the ietf@xxxxxxxx list [1] https://github.com/ietf-llc/community-engagement-policy-consultation/blob/ma ster/DRAFT%20Community%20Engagement%20Policy.md [2] https://github.com/ietf-llc/community-engagement-policy-consultation/issues -- Jay Daley IETF Executive Director exec-director@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
