That seems to have been an unusual situation you experienced. Given Open List wasn't implemented until 2010, it's hard to know how many nominees are typical but it certainly hasn't been a large amount recently. And, you don't need every Nomcom member at every interview. But, it is not required and it is up to each Nomcom to decide how they want to handle interviews. I don't think anyone that served on the Nomcom I chaired thought how we did things was absurd. I personally think there's nothing wrong at all with online interviews which helps in scheduling. That's obviously what we did during COViD years and I think it worked just fine.
Regards,
Mary.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Given that the number of nominees is unbounded, requiring the nomcom
to interview them all is absurd. Many years ago, when I was nomcom
Chair, apparently due to some notice of the call for nominations
appearing on some non-IETF mailing lists, as I recall we got about 40
nominations just for IAB many of which had absolutely no background in
or connection with the IETF. We did not interview them all.
Thanks,
Donald
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM Mary B <mary.h.barnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is NOT ]required that a Nomcom interview all nominees. I certainly think it's the right thing to do and it was the model followed by the Nomcom I chaired. But, I was not interviewed at least one of the times I was nominated in early 2000s.
>
> Mary
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM Pete Resnick <resnick=40episteme.net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 21 Mar 2025, at 7:48, Dean Bogdanovic wrote:
>>
>> > At IETF, the NomCom is required to interview every nominee, which is
>> > highly time-consuming.
>>
>> That does not appear to be true. I can find it nowhere in RFC 8713. Why
>> do you say it is required?
>>
>> pr
>> --
>> Pete Resnick https://www.episteme.net/
>> All connections to the world are tenuous at best
>>
