Re: guidance on avoiding too many people from one company/group

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

Scott W Brim wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:12 PM -0500,
> Christian Huitema <huitema@windows.microsoft.com> allegedly wrote:
> >> Or, from another point of view, you can consider the string
> >> comparison on the affiliations, as posted, to be part of the
> >> algorithm.
> >
> > The system, to a large extent, is based on trust. We trust nomcom
> > volunteers to exercise their best judgment and select the next batch
> > of area directors and IAB members. So, I suggest that we simply ask
> > selected nomcom members to decline selection if there are already two
> > members selected with the same affiliation. In the case they would
> > not, we have checks, e.g. publication of the nomcom member list to
> > the IETF, approval of the selections by IAB & ISOC.
> 
> Let the NomCom chair do an initial vetting, and let the selected members
> decline if they discover that the NomCom chair has missed an
> affiliation.

That's after the event and will cause delay. If the volunteers declare
their affiliation up front, the selection process remains algorithmic.

   Brian