Before we make a final decision on this issue one way or the other, I want to make sure that we have considered two things:
(1) Rich Draves has already announced the the selection criteria from RFC 2727 will be used. To quote from his announcement:
"At this time, 2727bis has not yet been approved as an RFC. Hence I will use RFC 2727's eligibility criteria (attended 2 of the last 3 IETF meetings) when performing the random selection. I will not check the primary affiliation of the volunteers. If the RFC 2777 algorithm selects an ineligible volunteer, I will repeat the method until I have ten eligible and willing volunteers."
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(2) Rich Draves request for nomcom volunteers did not ask people to list their primary affiliation, and affiliations are not included in his volunteer list.
This raises two questions in my mind:
- Has someone (Harald? Bill?) been talking to Rich about this situation, and is Rich okay with the idea of changing the selection rules to RFC 2727bis now?
- Do we know that Rich has the information necessary to do the RFC2727bis selections (i.e. the primary affiliation of each volunteer), or could the need to obtain this information further delay the empaneling of the nomcom?
I continue to be willing to go along with Harald's plan, if others agree, but I have strong reservations about whether it is wise or workable to change the selection criteria at this point...
Margaret