Way back when I was on the IESG I was always asking NomCom for feedback (especially negative issues, but in a constructive way). I think it is crucial for ADs to know what issues they are causing and what they are doing well. Getting this feedback through any channel, anonymized or otherwise, would be brilliant. Of course, the ideal is that the feedback is delivered promptly and direct, but that requires a certain amount of resilience on the part of back-feeder. It also does not benefit from aggregation. So feedback from NomCom or another "progress review" body would be very helpful. Adrian > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Crocker > Sent: 26 March 2015 12:41 > To: IETF Discussion > Cc: Michael Richardson > Subject: Nomcom feedback to appointees not up for renewal > > 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