Re: Challenge: was Re: Updated Nomcom 2020-2021: Result of random selection process

[Yoav Nir <[e-mail]>]

> On 11 Jul 2020, at 6:46, Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> It might be, but it
>> might just be about complying with the BCPs.  Specifically, Section 4.17 of
>> RFC 7437 makes a prohibition regarding "volunteers with the same primary
>> affiliation may be selected".  I read that as saying that the "selection"
>> occurs when the randomness is finalized and the 3797 algorithm run, and
>> thus that the relevant affiliation is the primary affiliation at that time.
> 
>> If the affiliation at that time is disclosed after that time, then we are
>> into the Section 5.1 of 3797 case that you mention below.
> 
> Which to me means that the appropriate action for NomCom chair should have
> been to disqualify Luigi because 5.1 is about not to readjucate other
> admitted nomcom members (my reading). 
> 
> Also just logical it makes more sense. If i was Tal, it would be quite
> annoying to be kicked out after the announcement because of somebody 
> elses affiliation change. Whereas if i was in Luigis place i would have
> been fine to be taken off the list for me given how the employer change would
> have been my decision.

Knowing Tal, I’d guess he is amused by all the lawyering going on here. But we usually treat NomCom membership as a burden to be shouldered, not as a prize to be won. So fairness to the candidate doesn’t come into play.
> 
> Of course i haven't really thought about what i would think about the
> improbable stochastically impossible evil conspiracy theory that was
> invented in this thread, but if IETF starts to make rules
> assuming large companies are such EvilCorps and ignore probabilities,
> should IETF then still accept money from the same big corporations ?

The rules are against accidental stacking of the NomCom. There are plenty of ways for EvilCorp to game the system by having its IETF people work as independent consultants paid by EvilCorp’s customers rather than directly by EvilCorp.