Hi,
In the current Nomcom, a few of us compiled lists of all WG contributors (chairs, advisers, current I-D editors and authors) within each area; and our Nomcom chair used a script to randomly select a subset from those lists, and then used a 2-step process to seek feedback. The first was to ask each potential feedback provider whether he/she would agree to keep the list of candidates confidential, and the second to ask for feedback, with the option of providing it anonymously.
Sure the above process could be tweaked, but as it is does not result in Nomcoms going "only to IETF management people" for feedback. Does it possibly exclude folks who are enthusiastic about providing feedback? Yes, but I think overall, it is quite fair.
I do think sending the candidate lists to ietf@xxxxxxxx for feedback has the downside potential of everyone commenting on a few of the candidates or lists (i.e., areas). That, if/when happens, is practically useless for 2 reasons: Nomcom doesn't get feedback on all lists, and a huge amount of feedback might be impossible to parse and compile for humans :-).
best regards, Lakshminath
Dave Crocker wrote:
In spite of the fact the nomcoms are diligent in doing polling for information, there are significant biasing aspects to their sampling method. They pretty much go only to IETF management people.
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