[governance] Re: Nomcom and conflict of interest

[Avri Doria]

On 23 May 2008, at 11:10, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

>  The more vociferous the objectors are, presumably the more likely  
> they are to put their hands up for the next NomCom, and therefore  
> the more likely to find places on it.


of course this is true, but there are mitigations.

that is one reason for requiring at least a 5:1 ratio, i.e. 25 names  
for 5 picks.  of course it would be better to have a larger ratio, as  
the larger the ratio the smaller the chance of repetitions (other then  
for the influence of the fickle finger of random fate).  so as a  
measure to help prevent repeats in the nomcom, more people should  
volunteer for the lottery.

a.

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