Mary, As a potential nominee I considered the questionnaire to be a barrier to entry and as a NomCom member I considered the questionnaire answers to be useless.
Irrespectively Yours, John > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Barnes > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:22 PM > To: Eric Gray > Cc: Bob Hinden; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD > > Eric, > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Eric Gray <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bob, > > > > This confuses me. Are you saying that you would be more able > > to give feedback on someone you don't know if you knew what they > might have to say about themselves? > > > > I would think that - if you don't know somebody - you can't > > give feedback on them (and that is precisely as it should be). > [MB] This then begs the question in my opinion as to how Nomcom can > evaluate nominees from the questionnaires then? > > Also, As I noted in my previous response, even when you know someone > you likely don't know everything about what they have accomplished or > you have forgotten some things. [/MB] > > > > -- > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Bob Hinden > > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:45 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Bob Hinden; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Nomcom off in the wilderness: Transport AD > > > > Hi, > > > >> Just to be clear: I am not suggesting public discussion. I'm > suggesting that candidates make their responses available to the > community, so the community can have additional information for > providing feedback to the Nomcom. > > > > I agree with Dave on this. > > > > I try to give feedback on the NomCom lists of candidates. For people > I know, I can do this, for people I don't know well it's difficult. It > would help me if I could read some of the material they submitted with > their acceptance of the nomination to see why they want the job, and > their qualifications and experience. > > > > The IETF has grown a lot over the years to the point where most > people don't know all of the candidates. > > > > Bob > >
