On 2/13/15 7:04 PM, Lixia Zhang wrote: > I noticed this subject line has been a long running thread and I have > not read it all, but I'd really like to repeat Michael's comment > here: the nomcom can't produce diversity; it only filter the input > for the best people. Thus the solution of getting diversity is not > at nomcom, but the overall IETF process. I think that's largely true but I don't think it's the entire story. I do think the nomcom could be weighting criteria differently or changing parameters in ways that might get make things easier to get candidates who don't fit the current mold. Melinda