On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 12:59 PM Harald Alvestrand <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Unlike with nomcoms, a recall petition only needs a few signatures -
most people who are active in the IETF know someone who's
nomcom-eligible and could try to convince them to sign.
The bar for initiating a recall is pretty low, given the size of the
nomcom-eligible population.
I disagree that it is low. As written, the bar excludes all of the people who are currently serving in any nomcom-appointed role (all of the IESG, IAB, IETF LLC, Trustees) and requires that the signatories be diverse in origin:
All individual and collective qualifications of nominating
committee eligibility are applicable, including that no more than
two signatories may have the same primary affiliation.
These are both trade-offs to avoid factional control, but they make the
effective bar much higher than it would be if it were just 20 people out
of the active IETF population. Persuading others to put their names out
as making the request has not been shown to work well, even in cases
where the issues were well known.
I don't necessarily disagree with where the bar is; I've gone back and forth
on that over time and may do so again. But I think the evidence is that it is
pretty difficult to exercise and I agree that it is even more difficult for active
contributors who could not themselves sign.
Just my two cents,
Ted Hardie
