NomCom Chair -- 1 February 1993 -- IETF-Announce ------------------------------------------------ Info on IAB/IESG Nomination Committee NOTE: Some of you may have already received this message, but many did not due to our mailer encountering a problem requiring retransmission. My apologies for any problems this may cause. =========================================================================== I have been asked to address two questions about the pool of volunteers for staffing the IAB/IESG Nominations Committee for 1993. 1. Q: How many names were in the pool? A: 33 plus or minus. I say plus or minus because there were 4 names in the pool that would have required extra attention. One was questionable with respect to the attendance criteria -- the resolution of differences between their recollections and the Secretariat's attendance records was not completed before the appointed time for the drawing. Three others volunteered after the deadline -- just before the drawing. I placed these names "into the hat" (actually a basket) for the drawing, postponing any difficult decisions about the correct way to handle these exceptional cases. My life was made easier when none of these four were drawn thereby avoiding the need to make any difficult decisions or to seek guidance from others. 2. Q: Why are there no women on the committee? A: Answering this is as easy as gettin' up after sittin' down on a thumb tack. Only one woman volunteered to serve. Over 30 men volunteered to serve. Seven names were drawn, and they were all men, which is probabilistically correct, even if it is not politically correct. regards, jdc ----- Jeff Case IAB/IESG Nominations Committee Chair ietfnom@cs.utk.edu