On 17-Feb-22 06:10, Donald Eastlake wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 1:06 PM Michael Richardson
<mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
Why should we prohibit this?
We have 23+ experienced nomcom chairs, some of whom might be retired now and
available. It's not like it's a voting position.
So you would be fine with someone being NomCom chair for 3 or 4 years
in a row? Should we just find someone good at it and make them
permanent NomCom Chair?
I think having fresh eyes, having the Chair and previous Chair be
different people, etc., is a good thing. I've been a NomCom Chair and
have been a voting member multiple times. In my opinion, the Chair has
a lot of subtle influence. Maybe prohibiting anyone from serving in
that position twice is too harsh but it should be a good long while
before they could be Chair again, like maybe 10 years.
Ten years is a long time, unnecessarily long IMHO. I think a two year
stand down would be enough; and it seems implausible that anybody would
be willing to repeat so soon anyway.
Brian
