Re: Notes from one member of the IAB on the current draft

[Michael StJohns <mstjohns@mindspring.com>]

At 02:26 AM 3/31/2003 -0800, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Brian and all,
>
>   I also have a problem with the term "Consult" in the context in which it
> was used.  I would also suggest that everyone ask themselves why
> would source "z", as you use it here Brian, have any importance with
> consideration "x" and/or "y" ?  And secondly, isn't the consideration
> "x" or "y" the important thing, not the source of those or any other
> consideration being brought up?

Hi Jeff -

Actually, questions of the form "Did you ask the co-area AD about this 
candidate who could become the other area AD?" are common and actually 
useful.   The ADs have to work together and, in most cases, have a pretty 
good understanding of the area, the job requirements, and the qualification 
of reasonable candidates. Other similar questions get asked of folks in the 
area, or in key working groups within the area.  Understanding that the 
nomcom did do these inquiries is a reasonable way of validating the process 
as described actually happened.

Questions of the form "did you consider issue x when nominating y" mostly 
take the form of "Does y have any experience dealing with x?" where x might 
be security, wireless, multicast, operations, etc.  E.g. "You were told to 
look for a security AD with operational clue, but it wasn't clear from the 
resume that your selectee had such clue - could you elaborate on Y's 
experience in operations?"  Again helpful if the written materials aren't 
clear.

Note - these are just example questions, and aren't representative of what 
actually happened this year or any other.

Mike