On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The operation of each nomcom are pretty opaque to those who are not on
> it. For those who have interacted with a nomcom as candidates, such
> an impression might exist. It's possible that nomcom liaisons or
> chairs could speak to this. However, since nomcom proceedings are
> supposed to be confidential, I don't know how much they could really
> say. Because these properties of the nomcom are intentional and
> useful, it does make sense to be particularly careful about how nomcom
> eligibility is determined and not just trust to peoples' good natures.
The 2013/2014 had someone who had to be removed because they could not attend
any meetings, and were never able to organize themselves to attend calls.
I think that they weren't Elmer; my poor recollection is that a family member
got ill, and they simply couldn't do much other than their 9-5. I never met
this person, didn't know who they were.
The take home if that if one does select Elmer, and s/he sits on the beach
rather than coming to the nomcom meetings, the nomcom can boot them out. If
it happens early enough, the nomcom chair can replace them, or the nomcom can
operate with 9 rather than 10.
Allison has suggesting selecting 11 people, with the 11th being a
participating, but non-voting spare. I'm undecided if this would be a good
thing. In 2014/2015 I did select an 11th from the pool, and confirmed that
selection with others in case we needed someone else.
[MB] I actually really like this idea as it seems to be more the rule than the exception that one person has to leave the nomcom or just isn't engaged (I had the latter on the Nomcom I chaired and the former on the one for which I was past-chair advisor). So, I think having a backup is a really good idea. I would suggest if that happens that each Nomcom should agree at the start the criteria under which they would add the 11th as a 10th voting member. I had a voting member that just wasn't participating at all for an extended period of time. I was almost at the point of going through the process of having them removed as a voting member, but finally I was able to get some response. But, this situation wasted a lot of time and does a disservice to the process.
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