On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Joel M. Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do note that while the nomcom is free to interpret the job requirements, > they are NOT free to redefine the job. If asked for a Security AD, they can > not appoint an extra applications AD. Even i the community input strongly > led them to conclude that is what is needed. > This is explicit in RFC 3777: "The nominating committee does not select the open positions to be reviewed; it is instructed as to which positions to review." It cannot decide not to review a specific position ("We're not reviewing the IAB this year") nor can it decide to review a different AD set ("We're going to re-do last year's slots as well as this years"). So I guess we agree, but it's not really to the point being made. > One of the interesting things is that the nomcom does not in practice have a > way to tell the community exactly what it decided the job requirements are. Why is the Nomcom report not a mechanism to do this? regards, Ted Hardie