Re: Recommendations for closing open issues.

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

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> Issue 2
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> Re: Poaching rules
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> It has been the practice of NomCom to not only choose candidates
> from mid-term sitting members of the other sitting body, but to
> nominate replacements for that person at the same time.
> 
> The policy will be clarified based on the the fact
> that a vacancy does not exist until a resignation occurs and
> the ExDir notifies the NomCom that the vacancy does exist.
> 
> There is, however, interest in keeping the process efficient.
> Therefore the following 2 stage process will be documented:
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> 1. Once the candidate is confirmed he/she is advised to immediately
> resign from the prior post.  This resignation does not need to
> be made public immediately, nor does it need to take effect
> until a later time.  The NomCom is notified of the pending
> resignation by the ExDir.
> 2. The NomCom then nominates a candidate for the 'to be vacant'
> post.  Since the NomCom can predict this vacancy, it can be
> ready with a candidate.

I really feel this is overkill. There have been several instances
in which the Nomcom wanted to move someone from the IAB to the IESG
in midterm, and since in practice the IESG slate is approved first,
this has worked smoothly without any need for a formal resignation and
notification. The proposed change just introduces pointless procedure.

Rule 1 in Section 5 allows the NomCom to exercise common sense, so I 
think that there is no need to write anything down.

Regards
   Brian