Brian, > On Feb 16, 2022, at 11:49 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. I think two years isn’t enough, given current practice is that the previous years chair in usually on the NOMCOM as an advisor for the next year. I do agree that it is implausible that anyone would want to serve again so soon. Bob
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