Re: [Eligibility-discuss] Handling the fear of "bogus" recall petitions

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Brian,
At 07:55 PM 24-10-2019, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>Personally I'm more worried about that than the risk of gaming or DOSsing
>the system. Now while it's true that a non-attendee might have frequently
>met the recallee at (say) ITU-T meetings, it's still probably the best proxy
>we've got for "very limited personal knowledge". Assuming, of course, that
>we think such personal knowledge is needed.

The Ombudsteam can decide that a person is no longer permitted to 
participate in IETF activities.  Given that the Ombusteam can make 
such a decision, should there be a requirement that the Ombusteam 
have personal knowledge of the person?  I looked up 7776 and I could 
not find such a requirement.

If there is a significant risk that the system can be bring the IETF 
to a halt, it means that the system is not well designed.  As Adrian 
pointed out in an email, it is possible to make a timely change to 
the system if there is an evidence that it is being misused.  It may 
be possible to add a clause to curtail misused.  However, that 
increases the complexity of the system.  It also opens the door to 
creating a system which might not work when it is actually needed.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy