Re:

[Mark Allman <mallman@grc.nasa.gov>]

> The dilemma is between what we actually care about, versus what we
> can easily measure.

I have always found it odd that in an organization that does not
require meeting attendance and makes no formal decisions at meetings
requires one to attend meetings to be eligible to choose the
leadership of the body.  So, FWIW (and, I know this has been raised
before) -- I remain of the opinion that there are *additional*
measures of "participation" that do not involve meeting attendance
(or registration or whatever we end up calling it) and could be
easily measured for use by nomcom (WG RFCs written, active WG I-Ds
written, chairing WGs/BOFs, etc.).  That is, I think the whole thing
may work better as an "or" conditional (m/n meetings or 2 WG RFCs in
the last 3 years or ...).  And, while the or conditional may allow
for more involvement I think it is pretty easy to define it in such
a way that it does not allow for an influx of tourists or folks who
are not active participants.

allman


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