On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 07:29:08PM -0500, Michael StJohns wrote: > At 02:47 PM 1/14/2015, Nico Williams wrote: > >In what way does scribing help someone be an appropriate choice to be > >on the NOMCOM? > > Unlike some ID submissions, the scriber is performing a service of > benefit to the IETF as a whole. :-) And anyone who can't give up a > couple of hours to scribe is unlikely to be a great participant in the > Nomcom. > > Seriously, what I would hope would happen is that person who is > interested (participating, writing, throwing stones) in WG A, but only > peripherally interested in WG B volunteer to scribe WG B rather than > (as you point out) get distracted in WG A. Thus allowing the WG B > interested people to write/throw stones/hum without needing to come up > with a scribe. > > [...] OK, scribing is evidence that the participant is willing to volunteer. And if the volunteer does as you say, then they make a great candidate. Nico --