March 9, 2010
12:51 p.m.
Peter and Rod joined our RrSG meeting for a while today and we brought up our questions/concerns about SO endorsement and what that means. Peter expressed that what they want to know is that a candidate is representative of the SO they claim to be from, and that they meet the stated requirements. In other words, basic due diligence - they have a reputation for being collaborative, capable of being analytical and able to review material objectively, etc. All applicants that pass such basic due diligence would be "endorsed." Our current process is designed with a completely different concept of endorsement. Again, at the least, there should not be an arbitrary limit on the number of applicants that a SG endorses. Tim