Nominating Committee

[Melinda Shore]

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I'm not really concerned about candidates having to bear the
unspeakable shame of being nominated by petition rather than by
committee;  my question stems from confusion over the role of the
committee.  My recollection is that the last nominating committee did
an enormous amount of work, and I wonder what that means given that
anybody (Biff, for example) can come up with 5 signatures on their own
to get onto the ballot.  At this point, having the committee only makes
sense if it is hugely proactive, and even then I have some
reservations about the whole process.

Also, are there members of the nominating committee who are planning
on running for the board themselves?
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Melinda Shore - Cornell Information Technologies - shore at theory.tn.cornell.edu