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

"Salz, Rich" <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:20:08 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.general
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The result of this would be to make the selection process not publicly
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verifiable.

I=92m not so sure that this is true. To pick an obvious method, it might re=
quire public disclosure of the gender of those skipped over, to show that y=
ou had to go to a different candidate.  Or we could decide to require that =
being a NomCom volunteer might require disclosing your gender.  There are p=
robably many trade-offs we could consider. Or that the previous NomCom chai=
r also gets to know, and perhaps a designee of the ISOC President. It=92s a=
bout what set of trade-offs we want to make in pursuit of this goal, if any=
.


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quire public disclosure of the gender of those skipped over, to show that y=
ou had to go to a different candidate. &nbsp;Or we could decide to require =
that being a NomCom volunteer might require
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a designee of the ISOC President. It=92s about what set of trade-offs we wa=
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