AV>> Why? There was an excellent tradition to appoint it from the FTSC AV>> members who had their term expired, and they were the only people AV>> who were permitted to nominate themselves, as both RCs and ZCs AV>> _must_ _not_ (as in FTA-1006) be FTSC members. AL> I haven't seen that done formally since I've been a member of the AL> FTSC.
Nice coincidence: it was last used in 2010, when you were first elected.
AL>>> Therefore, anyone interested in serving on the FTSC should AL>>> solicit a nomination from an RC. AV>> I suspect this would leave some good candidates out-of-board. AV>> And instead pull in some real idiots (as F73 in ICD) without AV>> any option to vote them out. AL> Unfortunately, for years now the RCs have for the most part AL> supported all candidates that were nominated.
Yes - mostly because they (in majority) don't really care.
AL> More often than not, expiring members end up being nominated AL> again, just because they have been willing to serve in the past.
And this produces the most destructive effect of populating the FTSC with mentally retarded^W^W ignoramii (is this the correct plural form for the "ignoramus"?) instead of technical experts.
AL> Candidates are nominated in some cases for no reason other than AL> to ensure that group <whatever> is represented.
We don't need disabled lesbian niggers or other "groups" here - we need technical experts who are able to collect, process and document the common technical practices.
-- Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii
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