Re: Selection Process

[Frank Kastenholz <[e-mail]>]

 > I'm a little less clear on having 2 IAB and 2 IESG act as liaisons.  I
 > raised this point several times and the initial reaction I got from
 > several people was that 4 "old boys" could unduly influence the
 > committee.

The Nominating Committee could certainly ask for help -- if it deemed it
necessary -- from other people. This help could be in the form of information
("What do you think about so-and-so?") or it could be procedural in nature,
or it could be of the form "Help us convince so-and-so to be on the IAB".

These "helpers" would obviously operate under the constraints of the
nominating committee as a whole. They would not, however, be a part of
the actual decision -- in effect they would be like the judge, lawyers
and witnesses in an American trial.

--
Frank Kastenholz