>>>>> "David" == David Kessens <david.kessens@xxxxxxx> writes: David> Sam, David> Can we please stop the hairsplitting ? David> It is not the IESG's fault if you feel that the nomcom is David> taking the IESG input as absolute software style David> 'requirements' as opposed to often more lightly interpreted David> 'job requirements' as desirable from the IESG's David> perspective. Please take that message to the nomcom if you David> wish. I don't think there is hair splitting going on here; I think the issues that are being raised are quite real and important. It's not the IESG's fault if the nomcom does x. It is the IESG's fault if the IESG takes on tasks delegated to the nomcom in RFC 3777. As you are aware, I have taken concerns I believe are best handled by the IAB and nomcom to the IAB and nomcom.