Re: Nomcom candidate name announcement alternatives

[John C Klensin <john+nomcom@jck.com>]

--On Tuesday, 16 July, 2002 15:39 -0400 "Joel M. Halpern"
<joel@stevecrocker.com> wrote:

> There is an interesting implication here that I had missed.
> 
> The phrasing of these points raises the spectre of public
> discussion (on IETF lists) about the published individuals.  If
> this is likely, it would then lead almost inevitably lead to
> politicising the environment.  This is very bad.
> 
> However, rather than concluding that we should not publish the
> names, I conclude that we should put in a very strong policy
> prohibiting this discussion on any IETF list.  While this would
> not stop all discussion, it should be sufficient to prevent
> serious politicing.
> 
> (And those who color me naive for not having seen this problem
> sooner can chortle quietly.  But publish anyway.)

Joel,

It seems to me that this suggestion is sensible (or not)
independent of whether the names are published (under the
proposed scenario or some other one).

    john