The advisor is the Immediately previous chair, or a member of the previous noncom designated by that chair if he/she declines to serve or is otherwise unavailable. Sent from my iPad On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:09, John C Klensin <john@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --On Friday, August 17, 2012 10:05 -0400 Russ Housley > <housley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The document says: >> >> o Bullet 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by this: >> >> The nominating committee comprises at least a >> Chair, 10 voting volunteers, 4 liaisons, and an >> advisor. >> >> The Past Chair is missing. >> >> The adviser is not required, as implied by the "at least" in >> this sentence. >> >> Also, if I understand properly, the ISOC BoT is allowed to >> provide a liaison, but they are not required to do so. > > Russ, > > Isn't the "advisor" the "Past Chair" in the context of that > sentence? Note that "comprises at least a Chair, 10 voting > volunteers, 3 liaisons, and an advisor" comes straight out of > 3777, where it is the first paragraph of item 3 of Section 4. > > To avoid making the text ambiguous, confusing, or overly > sensitive to things that might change as other things evolve, > would it to be appropriate to say: > > The nominating committee is comprised of a Chair, ten > voting volunteers, the immediate past nominating > committee Chair in an advisory capacity, plus liaisons > and optional additional advisor(s) as described in > Section 4 of RFC 3777. > > ?? > > best, > john > >