CB-nomcom communications Re: Current version?

[Avri Doria <avri@acm.org>]

A personal opinion:

I too can live with this language with one minor
exception.  My issue is with the word slate in line 4.
Since we had several issues with ways to treat slates,
I would prefer to see us avoid the baggage of that
conflict by substituting
'list of candidates' for 'slate'.

a.


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>>>   If not all the candidates submitted to a confirming body are
>>>   rapidly confirmed, the confirming body continues to communicate
>>>   with the nominating committee both to understand the committee's
>>>   rationale for the slate and, if appropriate, to explain the reason
>>>   why all the candidates were not confirmed.
>>>   The confirming body may ask the nominating committee for additional
>>>   information about a nominee, or about the nominating committee's
>>> procedure,
>>>   to assist them in their deliberations. However, the confirming body
>>>   and the nominating committee must refrain from mutual communication
>>>   about availability, qualification or characteristics of other 
possible
>>>   candidates for the position.
>>