2005 PC Selection Process

Goals

• Form the best possible Program Committee from the available candidate pool
• Make the process manageable and finite
• Set good precedents and form a repeatable process
• Have the full Steering Committee making the final selections
• Involve the current Program Committee
• Finish with exactly eight terms ending each year, as the charter seems to require.

Part 1: Create a short-list of new candidates

Who: Current PC and SC members

The goal of this step is to produce an ordered, annotated list of the top new candidates.

• Everyone rates each candidate, sends to PC chair. (rating values are "good", "bad", "neutral", "no opinion".)
• PC chair compiles ratings, produces summary.
• discuss these candidates, via conference call and mail
• result: annotated list, becomes recommendation to SC

Part 2: Decide which current members to retain

Who: Steering committee subgroup

This step should be done by those SC members not currently on or standing for a position on the PC.

It may be done concurrently with Part 1, as there are no interdependencies. The SC subgroup should accept private comments from any interested parties (including the current and prospective PC members), and may solicit other input as needed.

The results should be:

• A list of 8 current members to keep for 1-year terms
• A list of 0 to 4 current members to keep for 2-year terms.

Part 3: Final selection

Who: Full steering committee

After part 2, there will be between 4 and 8 open slots, which the SC should fill from the list of new volunteers giving due consideration to the rcommendations produced in part 1. These new members will have two-year terms.

Thanks to the outgoing 2005 members.