Mary, There's a difference between evaluating someone based on what they said (as you point out is part of the NomCom's job) and evaluating someone based on what somebody else said about what they said. If - in the latter case - someone offering feedback based strictly on what a candidate had to say about themselves was completely up-front about that, then the NomCom could try to factor that in when considering the feedback. I don't think that it is a good idea to try to rely on people to do this, nor do I think it is completely obvious how someone on the NomCom could necessarily arrive at a really good way to "factor that in." Your second point is certainly valid. There is no doubt that a personal CV from each candidate would help everyone. So maybe we're just quibbling over exactly what sorts of candidate responses it would be helpful to disclose. :-) -- Eric -----Original Message----- From: Mary Barnes [mailto:mary.ietf.barnes@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:22 PM To: Eric Gray Cc: Bob Hinden; dcrocker@xxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD Importance: High Eric, On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Eric Gray <eric.gray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bob, > > This confuses me. Are you saying that you would be more able > to give feedback on someone you don't know if you knew what they might have to say about themselves? > > I would think that - if you don't know somebody - you can't > give feedback on them (and that is precisely as it should be). [MB] This then begs the question in my opinion as to how Nomcom can evaluate nominees from the questionnaires then? Also, As I noted in my previous response, even when you know someone you likely don't know everything about what they have accomplished or you have forgotten some things. [/MB] > > -- > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Bob Hinden > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:45 PM > To: dcrocker@xxxxxxxx > Cc: Bob Hinden; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD > > Hi, > >> 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. > > I agree with Dave on this. > > I try to give feedback on the NomCom lists of candidates. For people I know, I can do this, for people I don't know well it's difficult. It would help me if I could read some of the material they submitted with their acceptance of the nomination to see why they want the job, and their qualifications and experience. > > The IETF has grown a lot over the years to the point where most people don't know all of the candidates. > > Bob >