Re: [Eligibility-discuss] New draft: draft-rescorla-istar-recall-00

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

>    The contents of the statement on the reasons for expulsion shall be
>    held confidential by both bodies.  However, the member being proposed 
>    for expulsion in their sole discretion, MAY make their statement
>    public.

That is a little like the US Congress saying "We have impeached
President Blimp but we're not going to tell you why." I certainly
see the motivation for confidentiality about details, but there's
something missing if the underlying issue is completely hidden.

At least, shouldn't a one-line non-defamatory explanation be public?

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 17-May-19 01:16, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've just posted a fleshed out version of the proposal that MSJ
> made a while back of allowing a body to recall its members. Here's
> the rationale:
> 
> This document proposes an alternate structure which is designed
> to deal with just egregious cases (e.g., total member checkout,
> major misconduct) but is also faster because it doesn't involve
> spinning up the nomcom machinery (twice, once to recall and once
> to replace). In this structure, the IAB/IESG would vote to
> expel the offending member with consent from the other body.
> The rationale here is that the body themselves is in the best
> position to know when a member really needs to be removed.
> 
> Thanks for reading!
> 
> -Ekr
>