Re: Should a CB approve a slate or individuals?

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

--On tirsdag, april 01, 2003 13:02:29 +1000 Geoff Huston <gih@telstra.net> 
wrote:

> I am of the view that the most effective process is one of individual
> confirmation or rejection , rather than confirmation or rejection of the
> entire slate of names.
>
> The task here is to pick the best qualified individuals for each open
> position, and the focus should be on the attributes of the individual to
> the requirements of the open position. Treating this as a slate tends to
> make the entire confirmation process tougher.

There have been cases in the past where it's been quite obvious that two 
people should not serve on the IESG together. Mostly because of fundamental 
disagreements about how to run a single area ("incompatibe co-ADs"), but 
there could be other versions of this problem.

If A and B were both considered "good people" by Nomcom, and A was 
advanced, but rejected, it would be logical for Nomcom to consider putting 
B into another slot for which he was better qualified than the original 
proposal, since the consideration that blocked him from being considered 
has gone away.

Similarly, if A was advanced, and accepted, but another candidate was 
rejected, and B was the only reasonable alternative, the Nomcom would 
logically have to consider withdrawing A from the slate.

Locking the process to "individuals only" would then produce a suboptimal 
result.

That's not what we expect to be the common case, but I'd like to have the 
possibility open.

                          Harald