Re: On the confidentiality of the information and communication within the nomcom context

Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 2008-03-19 15:23, Dave Crocker wrote:
>> Michael StJohns wrote:
>>> At 10:46 PM 3/17/2008, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>>>> *The names of people nominated should be made public.
>>>> *The names of the people who agreed to serve if selected should be kept 
>>>> secret.
>>> +1
>>> Open enough to get feedback, but kind to the rejected candidates. 
>> +1
> 
> It's very tempting to say +1 without thinking about the unintended
> consequences.

Brian, many thinks are easy to say without thinking things through.

Or without reading carefully.

> Clearly, if NomCom published a proposed slate and ask for comments
> (to be kept confidential) they would get a lot of comments. However,
> if they published a proposed slate and said "we have now sent this
> to the Confirming Body", something rather different would probably
> happen. 

Since the proposal was for disclosure much earlier in the process, what is the 
point of introducing the issue of being selected by Nomcom?

Nothing in the proposal imposes additional tasks to the confirming body.

> 1. Add a new period to the timeline for the community to send
> comments to NomCom and for NomCom to consider those comments,
> and possibly change the slate as a result (in which case, GOTO 1).

The proposal was for disclosure of those nominated.

Hence, any public comment would be accepted during the same period as the Nomcom 
normally seeks comments explicitly.  No change in timeline is needed.

> 2. Explicitly reduce the confirming bodies' role to verifying
> that due process has been followed, since there is clearly no
> scope for further debate about the chosen nominees after step 1.

Frankly this sounds like an entirely independent issue, unrelated to the current 
proposal.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net
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