Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

John C Klensin <[e-mail]> wrote:
    >> Note that I have avoided counting "remote attendance" activities
    >> specifically, because that would require us to figure out who attended
    >> and register them, etc. and I don't think we are ready for that yet.

    > I am very sympathetic to (my interpretation of) SM's concern that there
    > are people who participate sufficiently remotely that it is clear that
    > the have more knowledge of the type one would like on the Nomcom then
    > lots of community members who are eligible under the 3/5 in person
    > rule.  I agree with you that his formulation isn't quite right and that

Note: it is really impossible at this stage of remote attendance for nomcom
      to operate with more than 1 remote selecting member.  In effect, all
      of the interviewers really have got to be at the Third Meeting in
      person. (And it's not just about technology, it's also about time
      zones and informal dinners, and all the other things that our
      technology fails at.)
      So the person who is always remote, makes a very poor nomcom member.

    > Where I disagree with Stephen is that I don't want bodies who have
    > members selected by the Nomcom to be able to specific Nomcom membership
    > criteria or to delegate that job to some purpose-specific committee.
    > Even if the actual risks are low, the optics are terrible and the
    > normal community consensus procedures should be involved.  But maybe
    > requiring an update to the BCP but avoiding a requirement to open the
    > base specification would respond to part --I think the most important
    > part, but he may disagree-- of that concern.

So I avoided mentioning remote attendance at all for the simple reason that I
think that when we figure it out, and start registering (some?) people, that
we would absolutely need to put out an UPDATES BCP about it.

So, I think we are in complete agreement; I wonder who objects and why?

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