Re: Current version?

[RJ Atkinson <rja@extremenetworks.com>]

On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 15:01 America/Montreal, Dave Crocker wrote:
> Sometimes, a confirming body could cite an alternative candidate, by 
> way
> of trying to highlight some distinctions, concerns, or the like about a
> current candidate.  In a perfect world, that style of communication
> would be fine.
>
> However it really is too easy for the CB to decide that it knows of a
> better candidate and, essentially, to try to preempt the nomcom. This 
> is
> of course done with the best of intentions, but it serves to negate the
> long and complicated process that a nomcom goes through.

	Alternately, the Nomcom might justify picking candidate X on
grounds that no other candidates existed, rather than on the basis
that X was qualified for the position on the merits.  That would be
equally inappropriate --  and equally precluded by the new wording.

	Sounds like this fix helps a number of things.

Ran