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Re: [Gendispatch] Exhausted pool [draft-knodel-nomcom-gender-representation-00]

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Sun, 26 November 2023 18:20 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> message dated "Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:53:27 +1300."
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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] Exhausted pool [draft-knodel-nomcom-gender-representation-00]
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Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
    >> I would like the document to deal with what happens if one gets to the
    >> end of the pool and there are still empty slots.

    > I think you have to withdraw the new rule, and accept that all ten will
    > have the same gender that year.

That may be the answer; the document should say so.

    > (Geek question: What would happen with today's rule, if *all*
    > volunteers were from four large companies, such that the maximum-2
    > constraint could not be satisfied? That won't happen, but it
    > illustrates why over-constraining the criteria could get us into a dead
    > end.)

It could happen, it's just as MSJ said, unlikely.
And we don't know what to do for this either.



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