On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 6:07 PM Michael StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6/27/2021 5:25 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
> Joel M. Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > While I agree we probably have the time to reopen it, we can't just
> > decide to do so. We can't simply change the procedures because we want
> > to (particularly note when "we" is some vocal subset of the community.)
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> I agree.
I actually disagree. This is about setting the pool. Unlike things
like deciding to re-select the members or suggesting that if a Huawei
member is ineligible, then the appropriate replacement is another Huawei
member, (see many discussions in prior years), increasing the pool
*might* decrease Huawei/Futurewei's opportunity to get members, but the
probabilities of that are pretty small.
Right now, 6 companies own 67/112 of the pool and will probably get
about 4-6 members. The pool (112) is smaller than I remember in any of
the last 5-10 years (anecdotal rather than actually checking the data).
It would be good to try and increase the pool back to previous levels
near 160+.
[MB] Per the process, I don't think that it allows more than *2* from a single company. So, I think the problem isn't as bad as some perceive. Personally, I see the bigger problem as the fact that *many* that were qualified didn't volunteer. [/MB]
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> > Look folks, I am not happy with the lack of diversity. But the
> > solution to that was to get folks to volunteer. I didn't push as hard
> > as I should have. Probably because I do not htink chair pushing helps
> > much. But I did forward the announcement to remind folks. To all three
> > of my working groups. I doubt it mattered.
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> I think that the best way to "push" is where it goes through company internal email
> from the CTO or whomever pays for IETF attendance.
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> I wonder if some people volunteer, hoping that it will mean that they'll
> "have" to travel to IETF.
That may be the case. Which may explain the size of the pool.
Mike
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