[Eligibility-discuss] on re-using nomcom chairs (was Re: Draft meeting minutes)

[Andrew Sullivan <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

Speaking with my ISOC President hat on:

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 04:16:29PM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote:
 
> How about the last three Nomcom chairs that didn't serve on a Nomcom
> committee or with the petition target on one of the I* bodies or as a
> co-worker?   2/3 vote to void the petition?

I would like to remind people that I already have quite a difficult
job finding a well-qualified, non-disqualified, willing and able
nomcom chair.  And I start with the advantage of knowing some part of
the community (knowledge that inevitably will grow stale over time, of
course); not everyone who will ever be appointed to my job will start
with such an advantage.  If people take a decision that starts to add
more possible time commitments to nomcom chairs, finding good chairs
will get harder.  If serving as nomcom chair signs you up to a
possible responsibility for an undefined number of years (as the above
formula would, because of the interactions with who you didn't appoint
and work with and and so on), you might be reluctant to take on such a
job.  It's already a two year commitment.

Best regards,

A

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