Re: Recommendations for closing open issues.

[James M Galvin <galvin+ietf-nomcom@eListX.com>]

On Thu, 8 May 2003, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

    > 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.

    I really feel this is overkill.

It is, in part, but experience has told us that it is important to
document this edge condition.  It reinforces:

1. the rule that the NOMCOM is told what positions to fill.

2. The non-rule that serving on more than one body is not prohibited.

Revising this document is mostly about clarifications, which arguably
could be mostly overkill.

Jim