On 20/11/2024 5.13 am, Mary B wrote: > Way long ago chairs wrote Nomcom reports in addition to a presentation > at plenary. Mine may have been the last: > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-barnes-nomcom-report-2009-00.txt > <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-barnes-nomcom-report-2009-00.txt> > > Personally I think they’re quite useful as I found those written by > predecessors helpful to me as a chair and it provides more context for > what’s presented at plenary. It also gives institutional memory. This should be revived. The current system has some similarity with the game `Broken Telephone` [1] 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_game > > Mary > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 9:04 AM Salz, Rich > <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > > > or each NomCom could write an experience report to pass on > > > what they believe is useful knowledge for future NomComs to have. > > > They do that today, but it doesn't appear to be a requirement in > RFC 8713. > > I didn't get one from my predecessor, nor did I give one to Martin. > Unless you mean the 5-10 minutes at the Plenary, which is mostly > exhortation to the community. > > The previous NomCom chair is, of course, an advisor/liaison to the > next NomCom -- is that what you mean? > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile