Re: Nomcom candidate name announcement alternatives

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

Dave Crocker wrote:
>...
> However we need to deal with the realities of that diversity.  One of those
> realities is that we now see more efforts and stronger efforts to
> manipulate processes for purely political purposes and in highly political
> fashion.

No disagreement there. The question is whether the current "smoke filled
room" approach, or an approach with all candidates known to the public,
is less subject to manipulation. 

   Brian