This seems like a reasonable experiment. Unless I missed it, I think there is no prohibition in this against picking a former NomCom Chair. I'm pretty sure that has never been done and I think it should be prohibited. Thanks, Donald =============================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 2386 Panoramic Circle, Apopka, FL 32703 USA d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 12:55 AM Andrew Sullivan <sullivan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > I write with my job hat on. I'm employed by the Internet Society. > > Part of my job here is to select the NomCom Chair. I've been > uncomfortable about how that has worked in the past, and more than a > year ago I said I'd write a new process. I failed at that goal, but > it's a new year so I've finally written this. It's at > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sullivan-nomcom-chair-select/. > > I am eagerly requesting feedback on that draft _for things under my > control_. The procedures in RFC 8713 give me a lot of latitude in how > to deal with this appointment. They give me no control whatsoever as > to whether I _should_ be able to do this, who else should do it, and > so on. Feedback of the form "Here's how NomCom should work for real," > will be ignored, because they will not provide me guidance as to what > I should do. > > Please also resist the temptation to tell me, "Tell someone else it's > their thing and promise to follow what they promise." If the IETF > wants to modify RFC 8713, including removing my own role in this > selection, I don't imagine a universe in which I'd work to work to > foil that. But similarly I am not willing to create an entirely new > consultative body (or new job for an existing consultative body) > without the community saying so. This document is merely an outline > of how I plan to execute my duties as they're already defined. > > I hope this will be a modest contribution to the IETF, and I look > forward to your suggestions. > > _Please_ send me feedback directly and not copied to the list. I > won't be able to follow discussion about this on the list except > sporadically, and I'm going to have to put this plan into action some > time in the coming weeks. Thanks very much. > > Best regards, > > A > > -- > Andrew Sullivan > President & CEO, Internet Society > sullivan@xxxxxxxx > +1 416 731 1261 >
