Re: IESG Issue 2 (publication of requirements)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Scott and all,

  I don't like your #2 because there is no minimum standard established,
and therefore making your #3 invalid or at least questionable...

  However as I recall, and I might be mistaken, we have had
this debate/discussion before.

Scott Bradner wrote:

> agree also - this is just the right idea and the text should
> be tweaked to say:
>         1/ the IESG/IAB generated criteria  should be made public
>            when they are sent to the nomcom
>         2/ the nomcom uses this as input but can come up with its
>            own as it hears from the community
>         3/ the nomcom should publish at the end what the
>            criteria  it used were
> Scott
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>A countervailing view is that the generation of the current
> > >>requirements in the IETF leadership and the associated
> > >>desireable qualifications for the vacant positions
> > >>rests with the Nomcom as an outcome of its interactions with
> > >>the community during its consultative process.
> > >
> > >I agree, and disagree that it is countervailing :-)
> > >The nomcom is responsible for using *its* judgment.
> > >But I think that what the IESG and IAB tells them should be public, and
> > >made public at the time it's written, not 6 months later.
> >
> > fair enough - I can (and do) agree with this.
> >
> > >>At the very least the Nomcom should not interpret any such
> > >>statement of 'desireable qualifications" as being a fixed constraint
> > >>placed upon the process, and the Nomcom should be able to
> > >>refine such an input to match what it is hearing from the broader
> > >>IETF community as to current requirements and associated
> > >>desireable qualifications for vacant positions.
> > >
> > >Yes.
> > >And the results of that refinement need to be reflected in the "testament"
> > >at the end of the process.
> >
> >
> > precisely!
> >
>
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