On 31/08/2010 00:18, Karl Auerbach wrote : (about the Nominating Committee, which I agree is inaptly named)
Like most such committees the choices are compromises made by people who obtained their seats on the committee largely because they are status-quo oriented in the first place - thus a tendency for like to "nominate" like.
I can't speak for other years, but that has not been my experience this year, Karl. Perhaps the committee, like ALAC, is maturing with time, and gaining confidence?
The community of internet users, like most bodies of natural people, ought to have the power to chose who it wishes, even if those people are of the nature that would cause a nominating committee to choke.
ICANN's system - including the nominating committee - was designed with the specific intent of keeping out the noisy riff-raff who might question the status quo - people like me.
...and unless people who would cause a nominating committee to choke don't apply, they stand no chance of being selected. Sometimes, you need to have more faith in a system than it appears at first glance. We're all playing for the same side - the "enemy" is elsewhere. Kindest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html