On 10/20/21 8:54 PM, John Levine wrote:
It sure seems like "we don't believe nomcoms will pick the right people so we are inventing more rules." I agree with Barry that a convention not to appoint someone for more than N years is fine, but if we then think we need a stick to force nomcoms to do that, we have problems that term limits won't solve.
On balance, I think this is right. Also, I have seen some ADs that I thought served too long, but I don't see a correlation between the quality of past ADs and either the length of their terms or the number of "gap years".
If we think we need more churn in ADs, the solution is some combination of finding/grooming more good candidates and making it easier for people to serve, so that the nomcom has better candidates to choose from. I'm pretty sure the solution is NOT to paint the nomcom into a corner - they have plenty of constraints already.
Keith
