On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Scott Brim <[email protected]> wrote:

> John C Klensin allegedly wrote on 1/9/09 11:11 AM:
> >
> > --On Friday, January 09, 2009 8:36 -0500 Scott Brim
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Eliot.
> >>
> >> I agree this is a problem ... but not one that we can solve
> >> yet.  At this time the face-to-face meetings are still
> >> essential, and one cannot evaluate candidates without good
> >> knowledge of what an I* member's life is like at them.
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > Part of the reason for the current requirements is exactly what
> > I think you are suggesting -- to raise the odds that Nomcom
> > members will actually know the candidates and have had the
> > opportunity to see them in action in some roles.
>
> But also that nomcom members have some clue to what the life of an
> IAB/IESG member is like.  I don't see how you can possibly understand
> that without seeing it all in action at a face-to-face meeting.


I think any WG chair or shepherd sees a lot of IESG work. Face-to-face
meetings can't uncover this work in full.
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