Re: PROPOSED GUIDELINE: balance

[Russ White <ruwhite@cisco.com>]

For the IAB they would have been. Should the nomcom look or
balance in technical coverage on the iab? Or not? For instance...

Russ

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Joel M. Halpern wrote:

> Looking at the document, I notice that it gives very little help to the 
> nomcom with regard to what qualifications it should look for.  It states 
> that the body providing the list of openings can provide qualification 
> information.  It says that the nomcom should act according to the 
> communities understandings of the qualifications for the jobs.  And it 
> stops there.
> 
> It seems to me that some informative guidelines (not rules) might well be 
> of assistance to the nominating committee.  These could start with the 
> obvious, like
> proposed ADs must be technically competent within their area
> and could then go on to include a number of additional useful observations, 
> such as Brian's suggestion that IAB appointments should keep in mind the 
> resulting breadth with regard to technical and international coverage.
> We could also include information about the fact that the IESG tasks are 
> principally managerial and that managerial and inter-personal skills are 
> important to the job.
> 
> If folks want to keep these guidelines short,
> for the IAB I would focus on balance
> for the IESG I would focus on the need for technical (in area) AND 
> managerial competence.
> 
> I would be interested in hearing from nomcom participants as to whether 
> such guidelines would have been helpful.
> 
> Thank you,
> Joel M. Halpern
> 
> At 04:35 PM 4/3/2002 +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> >I've already suggested some guideline text on turnover vs. continuity.
> >
> >I think we need something similar on balance.
> >
> >   The nominating committee is called upon to consider the general balance 
> > of the
> >   membership of the IAB and IESG. Factors to be considered include 
> > technical skills
> >   and areas of specialisation, and managerial and organisational skills. 
> > In the case
> >   of the IAB in particular, with its external liaison role, the 
> > international
> >   distribution of its membership should also be considered.
> >
> >I think the reasons for this are obvious, and we've occasionally had NomComs
> >that overlooked the international question.
> >
> >     Brian
> >
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