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Re: Comments on Composition and Comportment of the IETF Nominating Committee draft

George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org> Wed, 08 July 2026 22:33 UTC

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From: George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:33:18 +1000
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Subject: Re: Comments on Composition and Comportment of the IETF Nominating Committee draft
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You are right that "merit" was unfortunate.. I think the general sense came
across but I wouldn't mean it in that narrow sense.

-G

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