Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-09 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Brian Carpenter had a Last Call comment that I needed to follow up on... Hi, (IETF list not copied as I'm on leave and minimising email, but there is nothing confidential about this comment.) Feedback on nominees should always be provided privately to NomCom. Nominees should not

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-10 Thread Bob Hinden
I too support publication of this document. I think this fixes a serious weakness in the current nomcom process and this will make the selection process more transparent. I understand the downsides, but think overall it is an improvement. Bob On Jun 5, 2009, at 4:45 PM, The IESG wrote:

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-10 Thread Dave CROCKER
Bob Hinden wrote: I too support publication of this document. I think this fixes a serious weakness in the current nomcom process +1 d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ie

RE: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-11 Thread Pasi.Eronen
, 2009 23:33 > To: ietf@ietf.org > Cc: brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com > Subject: Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating > Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP > > Brian Carpenter had a Last Call comment that I needed to follow up > on... >

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, June 05, 2009 16:45 -0700 The IESG wrote: > The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter > to consider the following document: > > - 'Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing > Nominees ' as a BCP > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the ne

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread Stephen Farrell
While I hate commenting on pure process issues there's one aspect of this that I don't think I've seen mentioned. (Apologies if this is a repeat.) I've been nominated a number of times and have agreed to go forward, but when filling in the form have said something like: "If you're willing to pick

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread Stewart Bryant
Stephen Farrell wrote: Something like: "This is the list of those nominated (or self-nominated) for IESG positions. The nominees have said that they're willing to serve if selected, but there is no implication that they consider the incumbent unsuited for re-appointment." Presumably there wo

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread Joel M. Halpern
I really think we want to stay away from any statement which implies anything about the nominees views about anyone. I do not think it is reasonable or practical to try to include disclaimers in the list of nominees about eveyr misapprehension that readers of the list may form. We ought not be m

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread Jari Arkko
Joel M. Halpern wrote: I really think we want to stay away from any statement which implies anything about the nominees views about anyone. I do not think it is reasonable or practical to try to include disclaimers in the list of nominees about eveyr misapprehension that readers of the list may

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:47 -0400 "Joel M. Halpern" wrote: > I really think we want to stay away from any statement which > implies anything about the nominees views about anyone. > I do not think it is reasonable or practical to try to include > disclaimers in the list of nominees abou

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-21 Thread Jari Arkko
John, I think we have reached agreement that the Nomcom should be able to suppress names when they conclude that is desirable --that they "may" publish lists of names if they decide to do so. But the text of the document actually doesn't make that clear. It

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-21 Thread John C Klensin
--On Sunday, June 21, 2009 20:50 +0200 Jari Arkko wrote: > P.S. For the other issues in your mail -- FWIW, I believe > fairly strongly that we should make the specific changes > proposed in this document, as opposed to starting a more > general redesign. FWIW, I think I heard rather strong sup

Re: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-07-27 Thread Russ Housley
The IETF Last Call discussion of draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist resulted in a healthy discussion with many people speaking. Some people think that the open list is the right thing to do, but other people want to redesign the entire NomCom process from a base set of principles. This message su

Re: Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-09 Thread Joel M. Halpern
While philosophically I agree with Brian, practically I have to disagree. My reasoning is that while we don't want that sort of thing to happen, the only enforcement mechanism is what the nomcom chooses to do. And while I would hope that they would consider such misbehavior a negative, I don't

Re: Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-09 Thread Jari Arkko
I had an orthogonal question. Should I read Nominees should not solicit support, and other IETF community members should not post statements of support/non-support for nominees in any public forum. as (Nominees should not solicit support), and (other IETF community members should not post

Re: Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-09 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Hi Jari, Ya know, I was looking at that text thinking the same thing... I had an orthogonal question. Should I read Nominees should not solicit support, and other IETF community members should not post statements of support/non-support for nominees in any public forum. as (Nominees shou

Re: Fw: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-06-11 Thread Harald Alvestrand
I support the use of "should". Spencer Dawkins wrote: Brian Carpenter had a Last Call comment that I needed to follow up on... Hi, (IETF list not copied as I'm on leave and minimising email, but there is nothing confidential about this comment.) Feedback on nominees should always be

Re: 2nd Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-08-10 Thread Joel M. Halpern
While we can wordsmith the proposed resolution from now till doomsday, what has been suggested seems good enough. I can certainly live with it. Please, approve this document for publication as an BCP. Yours, Joel M. Halpern The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from an individual s

Re: 2nd Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-08-10 Thread Jari Arkko
+1 to what Joel said. Also, if other people want to look at the diff like I did, here are the URLs for your convenience. The first one is from the previous last call, the second one from the previous version: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url1=draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist-04.txt&url2=draft-d

Re: 2nd Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-08-10 Thread Dave CROCKER
Jari Arkko wrote: +1 to what Joel said. +1. Yes, please. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: 2nd Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-08-11 Thread Lars Eggert
On 2009-8-10, at 23:24, Joel M. Halpern wrote: Please, approve this document for publication as an BCP. Agreed. Lars smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: 2nd Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP

2009-08-11 Thread Bob Hinden
On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:44 AM, Lars Eggert wrote: On 2009-8-10, at 23:24, Joel M. Halpern wrote: Please, approve this document for publication as an BCP. Agreed. +1 Bob ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/

Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-10 Thread Leslie Daigle
potential issues were discussed. Leslie. Original Message Subject: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:45:11 -0700 (PDT) From: The IESG Reply-To: ietf@ietf.org To: IETF-Anno

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-10 Thread Sam Hartman
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Having reviewed the draft, I support publication of this document as a BCP. I think it is a long-needed change. I understand that there are important tradeoffs involved, and while I acknowledge that there are disadvantages to this change, I think that i

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-10 Thread Jari Arkko
I also support the publication of this document (modulo some nits that were discussed earlier). Yes, there are trade-offs. But having observed the process from various sides over the years, I do I believe adopting the more open model is the right thing to do. Jari

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-10 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
This is a useful and necessary change. A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and ADs directly. Direct elections provide accountability and authority. Today we have an Internet Architecture Board that stopped trying to d

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Lars Eggert
I agree with Sam and Jari. This is a good and overdue change. Lars On 2009-6-10, at 17:21, Jari Arkko wrote: I also support the publication of this document (modulo some nits that were discussed earlier). Yes, there are trade-offs. But having observed the process from various sides over the

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread SM
Hi Phillip, At 08:32 10-06-2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and ADs directly. The implications of the above is much more than publicizing the IETF list of nominees. The discuss

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Melinda Shore
SM wrote: Hi Phillip, At 08:32 10-06-2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and ADs directly. The implications of the above is much more than publicizing the IETF list of nominees. Th

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Dave Cridland
On Wed Jun 10 16:32:37 2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and ADs directly. A complete disaster for me, at least, since I - along with a substantial number of reasonably active a

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 06:32:56AM -0400, Melinda Shore wrote: > worth a shot. If MonsterCorp starts larding up the > leadership with their own employees or it turns into > a popularity contest it can be undone, I doubt that it can be undone once done. Any attempt to undo will be decried as an

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Dave Cridland
On Thu Jun 11 13:21:22 2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: And why did XMPP leave IETF process in the first place? And have you stopped beating your wife yet? The XSF never followed the IETF process in the first place, and therefore could not leave it - I doubt many of the formers were aware

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:34:08AM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > The idea that we would not want to return to the current system sounds > like an argument against the status quo, rather than in favor of it. Again, I don't have an opinion on the draft one way or the other, but the above stri

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Joe Touch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Melinda Shore wrote: > SM wrote: >> Hi Phillip, >> At 08:32 10-06-2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >>> A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those >>> currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and ADs >>> directly. >> T

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Joe Touch
w > potential issues were discussed. > > Leslie. > > -------- Original Message ---- > Subject: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating > Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:45:11 -0700 (PDT) > From: The I

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Joe Touch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > The deliberative process of NOMCON means that it is more likely that > consensus will be reached on the candidates that fewest people object > to rather than those that have the strongest support. Deliberation means tha

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread SM
At 03:32 11-06-2009, Melinda Shore wrote: worth a shot. Enough people feel the current process isn't working to suggest that the current process really isn't working. It suggests that there is a perception that the current process isn't working. At 04:51 11-06-2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Stephen Kent
At 10:51 AM +0200 6/11/09, Lars Eggert wrote: Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-5-115115602; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" I agree with Sam and Jari. This is a good and overdue change. Lars I also agree with this proposal, based on several experiences

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Bob Hinden
Joe, 1) exposing the full list to the entire community invites lobbying the nomcom This probably already happens to some extent, but do we really want to encourage this? It's not clear this will lead to more lobbying than we have now. I think lobbying happens a lot now and

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Bob Hinden
Actually, that raises a very good point. At present the list is neither secret, nor public. Any bad effect from the list being public will occur, any bad effect from it being secret can occur. Right, it's a "secret" that many people know. Better to have it be public. Bob __

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Joe Touch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Hinden wrote: > Joe, > >> 1) exposing the full list to the entire community invites lobbying the >> nomcom >> >> This probably already happens to some extent, but do >> we really want to encourage this? > > It's not clear this will lead

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
I was reading the Appeals court ruling in the VeriSign case last night and Michael Froomkin's paper on the anti-trust issues affecting ICANN. If you follow the logic of the Appeals court opinion it is highly unlikely that ICANN can remain a private organization. Since the administration already und

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
And why did XMPP leave IETF process in the first place? On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Dave Cridland wrote: > On Wed Jun 10 16:32:37 2009, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >> >> A more useful change would be to abolish NOMCON and for those >> currently qualified to sit on NOMCON to elect the IAB and

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
The idea that we would not want to return to the current system sounds like an argument against the status quo, rather than in favor of it. To answer Melinda, yes, the FSF would probably try to get a person onto the IAB. Let us imagine that they did so. Either the person is a raving lunatic, in wh

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
The deliberative process of NOMCON means that it is more likely that consensus will be reached on the candidates that fewest people object to rather than those that have the strongest support. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Joe Touch wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > >

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Actually, that raises a very good point. At present the list is neither secret, nor public. Any bad effect from the list being public will occur, any bad effect from it being secret can occur. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Bob Hinden wrote: > Joe, > >> 1) exposing the full list to the entire c

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Jun 11, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: Actually, that raises a very good point. At present the list is neither secret, nor public. Any bad effect from the list being public will occur, any bad effect from it being secret can occur. I think that that is a "deep truth," sinc

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Stephen Kent
Joe, Having served on NOMCOM more than once, and having been solicited for inputs every year, I much prefer publishing the names of folks have consented to be considered for IAB and IESG positions. The addition of "ringers" to lists that are sent out (to hide the identities of the true candi

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-11 Thread Joe Touch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I do not debate the utility to the Nomcom of this change. I believe it comes with a cost, and I do not agree that it is a simple decision. I do not agree that the Nomcom is the only party here worth consideration. Joe Stephen Kent wrote: > Joe, > >

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-12 Thread Joe Touch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ White wrote: >> If everyone knew, there would be more lobbying since there would be more >> people participating. I doubt the direct or secret-list lobbying would >> wane much as a result. > > I don't think you'll get any more lobbying than you

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-15 Thread Russ White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > If everyone knew, there would be more lobbying since there would be more > people participating. I doubt the direct or secret-list lobbying would > wane much as a result. I don't think you'll get any more lobbying than you get now. The point of the

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-15 Thread Russ White
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Again, I agree that this is better for the Nomcom. The questions are: > > 1- is this better for the pool of applicants > or does being on a public list provide > a reason not to offer to serve? There is also the o

Re: Publicizing IETF nominee lists [Fwd: Last Call: draft-dawkins-nomcom-openlist (Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing Nominees) to BCP]

2009-06-15 Thread Lixia Zhang
On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: Joe, 1) exposing the full list to the entire community invites lobbying the nomcom This probably already happens to some extent, but do we really want to encourage this? It's not clear this will lead to more lobbying than we