>>>>> "Brian" == Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Brian> Please understand the argument that was made strongly while Brian> RFC 3777 was in WG discussion: there is reason to believe Brian> that a substantial fraction of the potential candidates Brian> would *not* volunteer if they were entering a public Brian> race. It's hard to judge the validity of that argument, but Brian> it's certain that publishing the names would change the Brian> whole process in unpredictable ways. Seems fairly easy to judge the validity of that argument to me. ASk the nomcom to ask volunteers whether they would have volunteered if their name was gonig to be made public. Collect statistics. --Sam _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf