Comments on Composition and Comportment of the IETF Nominating Committee draft

Hi Mallory,

I read the draft on "Composition and Comportment of the IETF 
Nominating Committee".  Section 2 states that:

  "All attempts to ensure gender representation in the nomcom should include:
   a. increase participation in the community from women and non-binary
      individuals so that the eligible pool is more gender diverse.
   b. encourage eligible women and non-binary members of the community
      to accept selection to the nomcom."

There is still the three out of five meetings attendance requirement 
(RFC 9389).  That requirement and the eligibility criteria for the 
eligible pool does not directly prevent all of the individuals who 
could fit within (a) or (b) from being in the pool.  Could the 
problem be a lack of encouragement for individuals within (a) or (b) 
to attend meetings?

Section 3 of the draft cites the ICANN Expected Standards of 
Behavior.  It is not a small set of practices which applies to hiring 
committees.  One of the points in the draft (last paragraph of 
Section 3.1) is about "explicit standard for non-discrimination".  It 
reminds me of how that was tested previously.

Section 3.1 lists a personal conflict-of-interest rule.  It would 
create a perception of bias if I evaluated a person with whom I 
shared some financial relationship.  The personal relationship part 
is somewhat of a dilemma.  Person A and Person B were sitting at the 
same table in a restaurant.  Person A then goes to the evaluation 
session which is run by Person B and Person C.  How does it look?

The first reference returned the following error:

   $ curl -I https://hbr.org/2016/04/how-to-take-bias-out-of-interviews
   HTTP/2 404

Regards,
S. Moonesamy