Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-10 Thread Bob Hinden
Lloyd, On Jul 9, 2013, at 5:23 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: I do recall a case where both chairs of a WG belonged to a Major Organization. World domination was thwarted, however, because the chairs couldn't actually agree on anything; the organization was big enough that competing views

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-10 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/10/2013 8:52 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 5:23 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: I do recall a case where both chairs of a WG belonged to a Major Organization. ... I can think of one company who uses to IETF to have internal arguments. But at the same time, I can think of

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Saturday, July 06, 2013 14:53 -0700 NomCom Chair 2013 nomcom-chair-2...@ietf.org wrote: I am pleased to announce that we have 140 qualified individuals who have generously volunteered to serve as voting members of this year's Nomcom. Allison, Given my previous comment about

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Ted Lemon
I find the presumption that IETF attendees employed by companies that send large number of attendees are robots to be somewhat distasteful. It also doesn't match my experience. I am sure that _some_ attendees from large companies are just as partisan as you fear, but some are not. So I am

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Scott Brim
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:31 AM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: if one wanted to minimize the odds of organizations trying to game the nomcom selection process, it would be rational to do a two step draw, first randomly selecting two volunteers from any organization offering more than

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 13:49 + Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: I find the presumption that IETF attendees employed by companies that send large number of attendees are robots to be somewhat distasteful. It also doesn't match my experience. I am sure that _some_ attendees

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Brian E Carpenter
(2) Four companies account for 44.3% of the volunteers. OK, but what would X be in Four companies account for X% of people eligible to volunteer? That said, the not more than two from the same employer rule was written in anticipation of a theoretical problem; it seems that it was a good idea,

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Dave Crocker
Should we consider changing it to not more than one in view of today's data? On it's face, that sounds like an absolutely Draconian rule. However stepping back a bit, it should prompt a simple question: Is the IETF so reliant on a tiny number of companies that we cannot produce viable

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Scott Brim
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: Should we consider changing it to not more than one in view of today's data? On it's face, that sounds like an absolutely Draconian rule. However stepping back a bit, it should prompt a simple question: Is the IETF so

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jul 9, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Scott Brim scott.b...@gmail.com wrote: Is the great majority of the wisdom in the IETF incorporated into a few megacorporations? (That might reflect market share, in which case, is it a problem?) I don't know the answer to that question, but it's an interesting

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 10, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Scott Brim scott.b...@gmail.com wrote: Is the great majority of the wisdom in the IETF incorporated into a few megacorporations? (That might reflect market share, in which case, is it a

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread S Moonesamy
At 06:49 09-07-2013, Ted Lemon wrote: I find the presumption that IETF attendees employed by companies that send large number of attendees are robots to be somewhat distasteful. It also doesn't match my experience. I am sure that _some_ attendees from large companies are just as partisan

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Douglas Otis
On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Scott Brim scott.b...@gmail.com wrote: Is the great majority of the wisdom in the IETF incorporated into a few megacorporations? (That might reflect market share, in which case, is it a problem?)

RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread l.wood
! From: Wood L Dr (Electronic Eng) Sent: 08 July 2013 08:55 To: l.w...@surrey.ac.uk; ietf@ietf.org; noncom-chair-2...@ietf.org Subject: RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers Gah. Am idiot misspelling it, sorry. Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 7/9/2013 8:59 AM, Scott Brim wrote: The sample is better at 140 if individuals represent themselves, but not if they are swayed by their organizational affiliation, and organization is now a significant factor in what we can expect from volunteers -- not all, but even some of those from

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Randy Bush
Spencer Dawkins wrote: - I'm not sure we can even know what the 10 voting members *were* guided by, unless the behavior is so bad that the advisor freaks out or the chair tells us in the plenary Nomcom report and Yoav Nir wrote: how much can a nomcom member (or a pair of them) do to

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Douglas Otis
On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Spencer Dawkins spencerdawkins.i...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/9/2013 8:59 AM, Scott Brim wrote: The sample is better at 140 if individuals represent themselves, but not if they are swayed by their organizational affiliation, and organization is now a significant

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Donald Eastlake
Hi John, Excuse me for replying to just part of your message below: On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:31 AM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: ... (3) It is probably too late to even discuss it for this year (see below) but it occurs to me that, if one wanted to minimize the odds of

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Donald Eastlake
Hi Brian, On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote: (2) Four companies account for 44.3% of the volunteers. OK, but what would X be in Four companies account for X% of people eligible to volunteer? That said, the not more than two from the same

RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread l.wood
...@dcrocker.net] Sent: 09 July 2013 21:53 To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: nomcom-chair-2...@ietf.org Subject: Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers Should we consider changing it to not more than one in view of today's data? On it's face, that sounds like an absolutely Draconian rule. However

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/9/2013 5:23 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: I do recall a case where both chairs of a WG belonged to a Major Organization. World domination was thwarted, however, because the chairs couldn't actually agree on anything; the organization was big enough that competing views were widespread

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/9/2013 2:07 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Scott Brim scott.b...@gmail.com wrote: Is the great majority of the wisdom in the IETF incorporated into a few megacorporations? (That might reflect market share, in which case, is it a problem?) I don't know the answer to

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 19:43 -0400 Donald Eastlake d3e...@gmail.com wrote: Hi John, Excuse me for replying to just part of your message below: No problem. I found your explanation helpful.Two observations at the risk of repeating myself (1) I did not make a proposal. I did

RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-08 Thread l.wood
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RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-08 Thread l.wood
Subject: RE: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers Email to noncom-chair-2...@ietf.org appears to fail - bounce below.

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-08 Thread 0
Dears; I am just wondered why there is any names from Arab world, no volunteers or no acceptance for Arab people. Thanks for giving chance to ask. Sama Kareem On Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:53:30 -0700, NomCom Chair 2013 wrote I am pleased to announce that we have 140 qualified individuals who

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-08 Thread Allison Mankin
Dear Sama Kareem, Anybody who has attended three out of the past five IETFs is eligible and has been encouraged (a lot) to volunteer for the nomcom. While there are a number of IETF participants who rarely attend in-person meetings, the present consensus (and one that I'd tend to support) is

Re: Final Announcement of Qualified Volunteers

2013-07-08 Thread John C Klensin
--On Sunday, July 07, 2013 19:50 +0300 0 skar...@science.alquds.edu wrote: I am just wondered why there is any names from Arab world, no volunteers or no acceptance for Arab people. Thanks for giving chance to ask. Keeping in mind that people have to volunteer their own names (no one