Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01.txt

[Russ Housley <[e-mail]>]

>> The document says:
>> 
>> 	   o  Bullet 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by this:	
>> 		
>> 	         The nominating committee comprises at least a
>> Chair, 10 voting	  	         volunteers, 4 liaisons, and an
>> advisor.
>> 
>> The Past Chair is missing.
>> 
>> The adviser is not required, as implied by the "at least" in
>> this sentence.
>> 
>> Also, if I understand properly, the ISOC BoT is allowed to
>> provide a liaison, but they are not required to do so.
> 
> Russ,
> 
> Isn't the "advisor" the "Past Chair" in the context of that
> sentence?   Note that "comprises at least a Chair, 10 voting
> volunteers, 3 liaisons, and an advisor" comes straight out of
> 3777, where it is the first paragraph of item 3 of Section 4.
> 
> To avoid making the text ambiguous, confusing, or overly
> sensitive to things that might change as other things evolve,
> would it to be appropriate to say:
> 
> 	The nominating committee is comprised of a Chair, ten
> 	voting volunteers, the immediate past nominating
> 	committee Chair in an advisory capacity, plus liaisons
> 	and optional additional advisor(s) as described in
> 	Section 4 of RFC 3777.

That is an improvement from my perspective.

Russ