On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:31:24 -0700
Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Spencer Dawkins wrote:
> > I have misunderstood before, but one point of view I've heard
> > expressed was that
> >
> > - NomCom is supposed to choose the best candidate, while
> >
> > - the confirming body is supposed to make sure NomCom chose a good
> > candidate
>
>
> That sounds like exactly the opposite of a rational sequence.
>
> Nomcom's always do an early filter against clear inadequacy. If that
> leaves no candidates, they search for more.
>
> This is like doing late-stage reviews, after a working group has been
> operating for two years, and raising strategic concerns about their
> entire apporach: Good issues, but at the wrong time.
>
So what do you see as the role of the confirming body?
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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