I understand that there is work underway on the topic of revising 3777 and I have also had several discussions with various folks on this topic. With no intention to undermine the work already underway, I will briefly state some of my thoughts. * Nominee lists should be made public. In fact, other selection processes within the IETF make the candidate lists public and so it is time we let go of this in the nomcom context. The case against is fairly weak at this point in time. * Nominees are required to publish a statement for public consumption; in fact, I would go further and require making some of the information that normally goes into a typical questionnaire response public. * The nomcom in the course of its operation may collect any type of information and all that is for nomcom's eyes only. The nomcom shall only provide testimony to the confirmation body based on that information. * Members of the community may contact any nomcom member and ask to anonymize their feedback; nominees cannot provide anonymous feedback on other nominees for the same position. * Non voting members may share and assert the opinions of the bodies they represent, at will. All personal opinions shall be shared on a pull-basis, initiated by the voting members or the chair. * The nomcom chair should not share personal opinions on candidates. It is advisable to not share opinions even on a pull-basis. The chair's role is to ensure that the nomcom voting members consider all opinions from the community. * The confirmation bodies shall not receive any verbatim information pertaining to the nomcom (either information collected by the nomcom or generated during the nomcom process). * The confirmation bodies are to be provided testimony on the selection of each candidate. The testimony shall include the nature of information collection and the debates; it may include a summary of feedback and a characterization of the the strength of support for the candidate within the community and the nomcom. * Confirmation bodies may base their decision on information not available to the nomcom. They are encouraged to share information on nominees with the nomcom and contribute to the timely completion of the nomcom process. * Confirmation bodies must inform the nomcom of their decision within 4 weeks of receipt of the first communication from the nomcom with the names of the candidates and the mandatory information to be included in the testimony. If there is no response, the candidates are assumed to be confirmed. regards, Lakshminath _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf