Re: [Gendispatch] A gendispatch session at IETF 118?

["Salz, Rich" <[e-mail]>]

> Rich Salz and I have been reflecting on our experiences in NOMCOM 2022 and would

like to present on a yet-to-be-submitted draft that proposes some changes to the nomcom

processes at a gendispatch session at IETF118



Here is the draft we would like to present:



A new version of Internet-Draft draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years-00.txt has been

successfully submitted by Rich Salz and posted to the

IETF repository.





Name: draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years

Revision: 00

Title: Two-year terms for NomCom volunteers

Date: 2023-09-26

Group: Individual Submission

Pages: 7

URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years-00.txt

Status: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years

HTML: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years-00

HTMLized: https:// datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-rsalz-gih-nomcom-2years



Abstract:



Each year the NomCom process is actually two processes -- finding out

anew how to be a NomCom and conduct its business, and then

undertaking the work of the NomCom in selecting individuals to

undertake the various roles for which the NomCom has responsibility.

This applies to both the chair and to the voting volunteer members of

the NomCom.





The inclusion of the past chair into the NomCom as a non-voting

member mitigates this to some extent, but the past chair is

constrained as to the level of advice that can be offerred. This

acts an impediment to making concrete changes for future incarnations

of the Nomcom that would improve the overall Nomcom process.





The NomCom process could benefit from greater levels of continuity

from year-to-year to reduce the amount of time taken to by the new

Nomcom to define its intended mode of operation and allow the

operation each incarnation of the Nomcom with a greater level of

consistency.





This document changes the term of office for NomCom voting volunteers

from one to two years. It also changes the term of office for the

NomCom Chair from two to three.