Re: DISCUSSION: should there be term limits?

[Mark Allman <mallman@grc.nasa.gov>]

Brian-

> I think that's beside the point. Currently the NomCom is charged
> with finding the best person for each job. Whether thay have a
> choice of 2 or 10 valid candidates is not the point, although the
> answer tends to be nearer 2 I think. Not being able to pick the
> best candidate due to an arbitrary term limit would be simply
> self-inflicted injury.

Maybe I should have clearly indicated that I knew I was taking a
tangent here.  I agree that term limits are no good.  (Maybe I
should have changed the subject line...)

However, the number of available candidates says something about the
organization, I think.  The IETF has been growing.  If our
leadership pool has not, I think that indicates a problem.  Either
we're not grooming new people or our expectations are too high or we
are being overly conservative in choosing "known quantities" or ???.
Or, maybe things are just right.  My point is that instead of this
normal handwave of "there are not enough people who are qualified
and willing" it would be nice to see some data on that subject.
What's wrong with that?

allman


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