Re: [Pesci-discuss] Re: Fw: Last NomCom 2005/06 Call for Volunteers

Hi,

On Oct 9, 2005, at 22:17, Michael Richardson wrote:
>     Harald> I don't think the number of eligible people has dropped  
> very
>     Harald> much - and we just changed it from "2 out of 3" to "3  
> out of
>     Harald> 5", which stretches the period a bit.
>
>   That's not my point.
>   My point is that if you couldn't travel, you become ineligible.

I think the number of eligible people is not a big issue - according  
to Ralph's email to ietf@, there were 849 people eligible this time  
around. The problem is that the majority of eligible people don't  
volunteer for NomCom.

>   It's hard to know if our pool of people is going up/down, because we
> don't really know what our total population is.
>   I think that the secretariat has numbers as to how many are eligible
> for nomcom each time?

That would be useful to know.

>   I'm suggesting a more complex measure. For instance, I'm thinking:

Changing the eligibility rules may increase the pool. The impact on  
the number of volunteers will only be proportional, i.e., according  
to Ralph, 71/849 people volunteered this time at his last count. Even  
if the pool doubles (very optimistic) that will only double the  
number of volunteers. We need even more volunteers IMO. Other changes  
may be required for this.

>   Can you imagine being a WG chair without attending a meeting for a
> year?  Yes, I can.  A WG that is *trying* to push final documents
> through (so it can close), is not meeting, may actually have VERY
> RELEVANT input as to recent state of affairs.

Unrelated issue, but I participate in a group that isn't at that  
stage where I have seen the second co-chair maybe once (and I've  
never seen an email from him either.)

Lars
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Lars Eggert                                     NEC Network Laboratories

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