Re: draft-sullivan-nomcom-chair-select-00

[Donald Eastlake <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 1:06 PM Michael Richardson
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Donald Eastlake <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > Unless I missed it, I think there is no prohibition in this against
>     > picking a former NomCom Chair. I'm pretty sure that has never been
>     > done and I think it should be prohibited.
>
> Why should we prohibit this?
> We have 23+ experienced nomcom chairs, some of whom might be retired now and
> available.   It's not like it's a voting position.

So you would be fine with someone being NomCom chair for 3 or 4 years
in a row? Should we just find someone good at it and make them
permanent NomCom Chair?

I think having fresh eyes, having the Chair and previous Chair be
different people, etc., is a good thing. I've been a NomCom Chair and
have been a voting member multiple times. In my opinion, the Chair has
a lot of subtle influence. Maybe prohibiting anyone from serving in
that position twice is too harsh but it should be a good long while
before they could be Chair again, like maybe 10 years.

Thanks,
Donald
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> (Not sure I would agree to do it again)
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