Re: Comments on Composition and Comportment of the IETF Nominating Committee draft

On 07-Jul-26 14:42, Joel Halpern wrote:

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> In some sense, the structured part of the interview presumably starts with the common questionnaire.  I am not asking or suggesting that the questionnaire be tuned to the individual candidate.   But that is only the starting point.

I can certainly see why a common set of opening questions help to level the playing field. In fact it seems like the obvious thing to do anyway. However, the follow-up questions inevitably depend on the answers to the initial questions; anything else is a nonsense.

One other point while I'm here. The draft says:

>>> However it is best practice to resolve any doubt by directly asking the volunteer whether they identify as a member of the dominant gender.

Why? I would have thought it was best practice to *not* ask that question, ever, because it's irrelevant.

   Brian