Re: DISCUSSION: rejecting candidates

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

Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote:
...
> > When I think about it, extra time would make this less of a problem. The timing
> > today is very tight and a rejection would create a real panic, just when the
> > I-Ds are raining down on us by the hundreds.
> 
> Work expands to fill the available time.

I really don't think that's fair comment. The people likely to be involved
in NomCom and in one of the approving bodies (the IAB) are more or less
by definition people with a strong commitment to IETF participation, which
in my experience means that in the last 3 weeks before a meeting, one needs
to study several tens of complicated drafts as well as doing a day job.
It really is the worst moment of all to be forced to prioritize tricky
personnel-oriented decisions. Stretching it out to maybe 6 weeks would 
make a significant difference, by avoiding the peak of pre-IETF work.

   Brian