Howdy, During yesterday's plenary, this year's Nomcom chair, Michael Richardson, made a comment that I responded to at the mic. I'd like to see whether there is interest in pursuing it: Michael noted that the two-year cycle for appointees means that those /not/ up for renewal go at least 18 months without feedback. He put forward the need for feedback to them sooner than that, but asserted that having Nomcom do it would not be appropriate. As a natural consequence of its interviewing process, Nomcoms always get quite a bit of information about /all/ appointees, not just the ones currently up for renewal. No one else acquires this kind of information regularly and reliably. Of the 4 nomcoms I've been on, at least two acted on this feedback, having a directed conversation with at least one such appointee each time. So I suggest that providing explicit feedback to all appointees not up for renewal become a regular part of nomcom's deliverables. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net