On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:31:24 -0700 Dave Crocker <dhc2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Spencer Dawkins wrote: > > I have misunderstood before, but one point of view I've heard > > expressed was that > > > > - NomCom is supposed to choose the best candidate, while > > > > - the confirming body is supposed to make sure NomCom chose a good > > candidate > > > That sounds like exactly the opposite of a rational sequence. > > Nomcom's always do an early filter against clear inadequacy. If that > leaves no candidates, they search for more. > > This is like doing late-stage reviews, after a working group has been > operating for two years, and raising strategic concerns about their > entire apporach: Good issues, but at the wrong time. > So what do you see as the role of the confirming body? --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf