-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Again, I agree that this is better for the Nomcom. The questions are: > > 1- is this better for the pool of applicants > or does being on a public list provide > a reason not to offer to serve? There is also the opposite effect--being nominated is an honor which is removed if the list is kept secret. You will probably see the two offset one another. Further, trying to account for every possible psychological reaction, and wind around it, is eventually going to be an impossible task. > 2- is this better for the IETF as a whole > does the Nomcom actually come to a > better decision as a result? I believe so. > I've shown specific impact to #1 above. > > The Nomcom does NOT select the best person for each position. They > select the best person _available_, using a set criteria that at least > partly bias their decision to avoid controversy (what if *all* the > selected nominees were from Canada in one year?), as influenced by > whatever lobbying occurs to re-bias that decision. > > Making the list public changes all these factors, but does not clearly > make the decision more reliable when considered as a whole. IMHO, it does make the decision more reliable, simply because the publicity of the list encourages those who have something to say to actually say it. If you see the complete list, and feel you know someone who would do better than anyone there, then you are more likely to nominate them, than to nominate people blindly. Lack of information is being much more of a hinder than too much information at the moment. :-) Russ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoyiR0ACgkQER27sUhU9OSXtACePMTqVGkQGeVEk1/n0ueWzG4R HCYAnR1TX4i2QDOUEDM1k5BxvEeHUWZL =CWgt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf