Re: NomCom eligibility & IETF 107

[Spencer Dawkins at IETF <[e-mail]>]

Hi, Barry,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:39 AM Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> > Noting Spencer's comment about the risk of a process appeal, I
> > continue to worry that we can't say "107 was not a meeting" for
> > Nomcom selection purposes and then turn around and say "107 was
> > the First Meeting of the year" for Nomcom selection purposes and
> > the rest of the timeline.
>
> I think we can, as I think the intent of the BCP is clear in that it
> refers to in-person meetings.  I think a process change is necessary
> to deal with virtual meetings, but I see no issue as things stand.
>
> In addition to that, I think we have latitude to interpret the BCPs in
> exceptional circumstances, which this is, and I'm quite confident that
> the ISOC BoT would uphold that if it came to them.  We have to find a
> reasonable way to handle what's thrown at us in the short term, while
> setting up the community to do formal document revisions in the longer
> term.
>

I hope that our community will be OK with "do the right thing" in this
situation - and it's not like "we ignored the BCPs and did the right thing"
is infinitely abusable, given that we aren't talking about changing the
appeals process in any way.

I suspect that it will be really important to get back to running under
BCPs soon, and that will almost certainly requiring changing our BCPs, to
accommodate exceptional circumstances if they become the new normal, or if
they disappear and then reappear in a different form, in another year or
two.

But seating the next Nomcom can come first, and then we can figure out Plan
B(CP).

Best,

Spencer


> Barry, individual participant
>
> > unless the
> > IESG, IAB, and ISOC BoT were willing and able to expedite appeal
> > processing and carry it out more rapidly than has ever been the
> > case in the past
>
> We have actually handled some appeals quickly, and, be assured that
> the IESG, at least, is committed to working as quickly as possible to
> do what it can to get this year's NomCom seated and operational on
> schedule.
>
> Barry, ART AD
>
>