On 3/6/2013 6:17 AM, Sam Hartman wrote:
"Dave" == Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:Dave> Candidates could choose to circulate the first part Dave> publicly. I think having a public discussion of specific candidates would be undesirable.
Just to be clear: I am not suggesting public discussion. I'm suggesting that candidates make their responses available to the community, so the community can have additional information for providing feedback to the Nomcom.
By way of anticipating the challenge our community has in restraint from the type of public discussion you cite, I could imagine that the sergeant at arms of the ietf list could declare discussion of specific candidates inappropriate.
I actually suspect knowing that can happen is likely to reduce future candidate pools.
We went 20 years with this same concern being used as a basis for not making the list of candidates public. It actually hurt Nomcom's work quite a bit, and making the list public has been massively helpful.
There needs to be limits to public review, which is why it makes sense for Nomcom deliberations to be private. But there is also a need for appropriate amounts of public accountability.
d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net