Re: DISCUSSION: rejecting candidates

[Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>]

    > Scenario 1:
    > Nomcom makes a selection. The confirming body has information which, in its
    > opinion, makes the candidate obviously unsuited for the job, and which it
    > thinks that the nomcom cannot possibly have considered.
    >
    > Scenario 2:
    > Nomcom makes a selection. The confirming body doesn't like the candidate
    > much.
    >
    > Scenario 3:
    > Nomcom makes a selection. The confirming body doesn't have a specific
    > objection to the candidate, but would rather have someone else.

As you say, the problem is that the confirming body always considers its
whim to constitute "critical information" as in your scenario 1, whereas
the Nomcom might be quite reasonably suspicious that whims might be
better categorized under scenario 3.

                                -Bill