Re: Issue: Transition rules?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <kjekxh438c.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com>, Eric Rescorla writes:
>Michael StJohns <mstjohns@mindspring.com> writes:
>
>> Ran/Harald et al -
>> 
>> A third view is that these won't become active until the next Nomcom
>> is empaneled and that they won't apply to this Nomcom at all.     I
>> haven't done a line by line analysis of the changes, but for example
>> if the new rules were approved this week - would the new rules on
>> challenges to the random selection (which has to occur in the first
>> week after the selection of the Nomcom) apply?
>>
>> 
>> There may be other race conditions depending on when the rules
>> actually go into effect.
>> 
>> 
>> I think I'm going to have to argue for this third view.
>I think that's the right thing at this stage in the game.

Agreed, with the proviso that per the current rules, the nomcom can (if 
it wishes) adopt on its own any provisions from 2727bis that don't 
conflict with the current rules.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb