Publishing names

[avri <avri@sm.luth.se>]

Hi,

At the nomcom WG meeting held in Yokohama, there was a
split opinion (i.e. nowhere near consensus) on the subject of
whether names of nominees or candidates (nominees who have been
selected for confirmation)  should be published.

The opinions ranged from:

- the status quo should be maintained and names should not be
published

- the names of anyone nominated, whether they agree to the
nomination of not, should be published

- the names of nominees who agree to stand for consideration
should be published

- a winnowed list of nominees who have agreed to stand for
consideration should be published.  the winnowing criteria
to be left up to the nomcom itself

- the list of candidates presented to the confirming bodies
should be published.

As an extra dimension, there was also a recommendation that not
only should the names be published, but the nominees questionnaire
or another supporting statement should also be published.

Before any change to the running process can be made, a
consensus would need to be reached.  At this point I am reaching
out to the members of this list to get your viewpoints on this
list of possibilities.   While giving your viewpoint, I ask
that you include your reasons, especially an indication of what
problem you think will be solved by adopting the choice you propose.

Once a decent interval for the dialogue has gone by, I will
attempt to summarize the positions and propose a way forward.

Thanks
a.
--
Avri Doria