Subject: Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-3777upd-eligibility-01.txt

From: John C Klensin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:09:49 -0400

--On Friday, August 17, 2012 10:05 -0400 Russ Housley
<[email-masked]> wrote:

> The document says:
> 
>  	   o  Bullet 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by this:	
>  		
>  	         The nominating committee comprises at least a
> Chair, 10 voting	  	         volunteers, 4 liaisons, and an
> advisor.
> 
> The Past Chair is missing.
> 
> The adviser is not required, as implied by the "at least" in
> this sentence.
> 
> Also, if I understand properly, the ISOC BoT is allowed to
> provide a liaison, but they are not required to do so.

Russ,

Isn't the "advisor" the "Past Chair" in the context of that
sentence?   Note that "comprises at least a Chair, 10 voting
volunteers, 3 liaisons, and an advisor" comes straight out of
3777, where it is the first paragraph of item 3 of Section 4.

To avoid making the text ambiguous, confusing, or overly
sensitive to things that might change as other things evolve,
would it to be appropriate to say:

	The nominating committee is comprised of a Chair, ten
	voting volunteers, the immediate past nominating
	committee Chair in an advisory capacity, plus liaisons
	and optional additional advisor(s) as described in
	Section 4 of RFC 3777.

??

best,
   john