Re: What is the problem [was Re: SUMMARY: publish list of nominees?]

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

one clarification...

Scott Brim wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 04:11:03PM +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> > Scott Brim wrote:
> > > process superb, in writing, that might be all we need.
> >
> > It would certainly be good to add that to the rules.
> >
> > But the ultimate judgement on process, implicitly at least, is made by
> > the approving bodies. So there is at least one bug (no ISOC Board
> > liaison to NomCom) even if we go that way. However, the underlying
> > point is
> 
> I don't think it's a bug that the ultimate judgement belongs to the
> approving bodies.  If the process is superb, and they still disagree,
> then they should say so, because something will already be broken.

Agree. The bug I meant was the absence of ISOC->NOMCOM liaison; it means
that the ISOC Board has no direct source of information about the process
followed within the NomCom.
> 
> > - some say that exposing the list to the entire IETF will materially
> > improve the information that NomCom gets, and therefore improve public
> > confidence in the process
> >
> > - others say that this isn't the case and that it will decrease the
> > quality of the information and NomCom's ability to form a proper
> > judgement
> 
> I trust the NomCom to discriminate as well as they do now :-).  That is,
> the process will be no worse.  My only goal in exposing information
> (which, let's keep in mind, is just a tool, not a goal) is to motivate
> keeping the process high quality.

Exactly.

   Brian