On 03/17/2013 08:20 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
If the confirming body knows things about a candidate that were not available to the Nomcom, then it should apply that knowledge. And, if the confirming body sees something in whatever the Nomcom chooses to tell it about qualifications/expectations that seems wrong (e.g., criteria that would permit selecting only an incumbent or other single candidate), then it should respond with vigor.
I agree with you in principle, but if members of the confirming body have this knowledge, shouldn't they share it with the nomcom early in the process? Such as when the nomcom sends out the periodic messages along the lines of, "Here's who we are considering, please speak your piece about them."
So it seems more a matter of, "Confirming body should act in those cases where the nomcom chose to disregard negative information about a candidate already provided to it."
Doug