This seems completely reasonable. john
--On Thursday, May 06, 2010 18:07 -0400 The IESG <i...@ietf.org> wrote: > The IESG is considering the following Statement on the Day Pass > Experiment. The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few > weeks on a policy statement, and the IESG actively solicits > comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to > the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2010-05-20. Exceptionally, > comments may be sent to i...@ietf.org instead. In either case, > please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow > automated sorting. > > = = = = = = = = > > RFC 3777 requires that voting members of the nominating > committee (NomCom) be selected from volunteers that have > attended at least three of the last five IETF meetings. The > IAOC is conducting a day pass experiment, making it necessary > to augment the NomCom eligibility rules to address IETF > participants that make use of a day pass. An update to RFC > 3777 to will be needed to address this situation if at the end > of the experiment the IAOC decides to make day passes a > regular meeting registration alternative; however, a BCP > update for an experiment is overkill. > > The IESG observes that attending a single day of the IETF > meeting is not sufficient for a new participant to learn the > culture of the IETF or the qualities that would make an > effective IETF leader. Further, ongoing exposure to the IETF > standards process is necessary to appreciate the significance > and importance of cross-area review. > > The eligibility requirements of volunteers for NomCom voting > member positions are provided in RFC 3777, which includes: > > 14. Members of the IETF community must have attended at > least 3 of the last 5 IETF meetings in order to > volunteer. > > In the context of the day pass experiment, this is interpreted > to mean: > > 14. IETF participants must have attended at least 3 of the > last 5 IETF meetings in order to volunteer, and that > use of a day pass does not count as IETF meeting > attendance. > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > ietf-annou...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf