Re: DISCUSSION: rejecting candidates

[Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>]

> While it all depends on the nomcom members and primarily on the chair,
> giving the nomcom more calendar time for its work will not always
> translate into it making decisions early.

I agree. If you want to add some meaningful timetable wording to the
document...

The current wording is:

      The annual selection and confirmation process is expected to be
      completed one month prior to the friday of the week before the
      First IETF.  It is expected to begin 4 months prior to the Friday
      of the week before the First IETF.

I think it would me more useful to say

1) the nomcom forwards its slate of candidates to the confirming body
   no later than (say) 6 weeks prior to the First IETF meeting. I.e.,
   allow sufficient time for the confirming body to think and maybe
   question.

2) The most important place for interacting with the community is the
   prior, i.e., Fall, IETF. To achieve this, add wording something to
   the effect: The nomcom should be fully constituted no later than
   one month prior the Fall IETF and should have made sufficient
   progress in its work so that it can use the Fall IETF to interview
   the community (i.e., IESG, IAB) as well as specific candidates for
   the open positions.

I think it important to emphasize the point about "interviewing
specific candidates", in the sense that interviewing candidates
implies that the nomcom has actually started building enough of a
short list to identify some people it actually wants to meet with
face-to-face.

Now, this may seem like its really moving up the target date. But
realistically, the December time frame where the nomcom needs to do
the most work, is really problematic due to holidays. This is both for
the nomcom members and the community (and candidates) when seeking
input/feedback.

Another possible proposal: it might be useful to move the timing of
the nomcom to either Summer or Fall, i.e., so that the nomcom isn't
doing its work time over the December holidays.

Thomas