--On Monday, 30 July, 2012 21:04 -0400 Barry Leiba <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have just posted the draft cited below, to adjust the NomCom > eligibility rules to make the following change: >... > This draft also excludes from eligibility as NomCom volunteers > paid employees: > - the Secretariat > - the RFC Editor Barry, I'll try to avoid going over the top this time (as I told you in person, the "exclude WG Chairs" suggestion was entirely to promote discussion rather than a proposal), but... If one wants to exclude the Secretariat and RFC Editor staff -- presumably on the basis that they are appointed by, and draw their salaries from, bodies partially appointed by the Nomcom -- then it seems to me that: (1) You should explicitly exclude the IAD (for completeness of the list and to avoid debate about whether he is already excluded by the "sitting member" and/or "ex-officio" rules for the IAOC. (2) You should exclude anyone from the pool who has bid on or held an IAOC-awarded contract in some period of time (I would suggest a year) or who has bid on such a contract during that period. Anyone who actually serves on the Nomcom should also be excluded from bidding on any such contract during their Nomcom terms and perhaps for a year (or more?) thereafter. Much of this is about appearances. For example, I would hope that sitting ADs would have better sense than to volunteer for the Nomcom even if the rules technically permitted that. Nor would I expect Secretariat staff to volunteer (as far as I know, none ever has despite the current rules apparently permitting that). But relatively short-term contractors are presumably no different from the Secretariat in either the award or management processes and the potential for patronage and cronyism are actually much greater. john
