Revisiting a variation on a question that came up some months
ago, is the description of why a nomination is being made
* confidential to the Nomcom Chair and voting members
(not exposed to liaisons)
* confidential to the Nomcom (including liaisons),
or
* public
The same question applies to the responses to questionnaires.
I am aware of at least one nomination that will probably not be
made --for fear of retaliation or unnecessary disruption -- if
either or both will be made public beyond the Chair and Voting
Members who have an obligation of confidentiality. The
potential nominee is willing a accept any flack or disruption if
actually selected and has no problem with their name (as a
candidate) being public, but believes that disclosure of reasons
or some parts of the questionnaire responses would lead to
actions that would be unnecessarily harmful to the community if
they were public or subject to disclosure by liaisons to the
bodies that sent them.
thanks,
john
--On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 13:43 -0700 NomCom Chair 2022
<nomcom-chair-2022@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The IETF Nomination Committee (NomCom) for 2022-2023 is
> seeking nominations from now until October 24.
>
> The list of open positions can be found at the NomCom home
> page: https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2022/
> This also includes the list of those incumbents who have said
> they are seeking to be renominated.
>
> To nominate someone, please click on the "Nominate" link at
> the top of the home page, or go there directly:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2022/nominate/
>
> Please include a brief description why you are nominating
> them. The "Candidate phone" is optional. If you do not click
> the "Share nominator name" box at the top of the page, then
> your nomination will be confidential and the nominee will not
> be told who you are.
>
> Self nominations are welcome! To nominate the same person
> (including yourself) for more than one position, please use
> the form multiple times.
>
> All nominees will be required to complete a questionnaire
> specific to the position for which they are nominated. The
> questionnaires will be available soon (at the NomCom page) and
> will also be mailed to the nominees directly.
>
> The current (slightly tentative) timeline is posted at the
> NomCom page.
>
> The list of nominees will be made available, and an
> opportunity for community feedback will be made after the
> nominations are closed. All feedback will be kept confidential
> to the committee, and all committee discussions and votes are
> also confidential.
>
> Remember that it is easier to refuse a nomination, or decline
> later, than it is to nominate (or be nominated) later on.
>
> We look forward to seeing a wide range of nominations! This is
> one of the key factors in the future success of the IETF.
>
>
> -Rich Salz, 2022-2023 NomCom Chair
>
