Maybe your experience with the legal profession is different from mine. Perhaps it is another transatlantic thing:) However three past chairs would be another possibility. Stewart > On 12 Aug 2022, at 17:08, John C Klensin <john@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > --On Thursday, August 11, 2022 19:43 +0100 Stewart Bryant > <stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I wonder if we should not have a specialist group that run the >> selection process on behalf of the chair so that the new chair >> does not need to learn the details. >> >> As the process is fully open, and can be overseen by the chair >> I see no democratic risk. >> >> Once the selection is made the specialist withdraw for 12 >> months. >> >> The "team" could be volunteers, staff or a lawyer. > > Offlist and with at least a partial apology for cynicism, but... > > I see "fully open and overseen by the chair" and either staff or > a hired (?) lawyer as being a bit contradictory. That leaves > us with volunteers and the obvious possibility --which would > require very little change to the existing model-- would have > that group consist of the chair and the most recent past chair > (who are already Nomcom members), maybe adding an additional > past chair if they concluded that was needed. > > best, > john >
