<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 22, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" class="">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">It's hard for all of us to make time to review proposals. Seeking more members would help with that, as well as keeping us open to fresh people and ideas.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Are you thinking about simply having a bigger committee, or are some of us about to rotate off?</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">I wonder if we should think about having specific term limits on the committee (excepting, perhaps -- and at their permission -- the Simons). Members could renominate themselves when their term expires. This would serve several functions:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- It's a forcing function to make sure we consider the possibility of new people on a regular basis.</div><div class="">- A fixed term might incentivize individuals to work harder, given that the burden is time-limited. (Though a multi-year term doesn't feel very limited. To support this point, we might want to allow individuals to choose the length of their term, say an integer in the range 1-3, measured in years. There is theoretically a possibility of many people getting "in phase" and making high rollover, but we can just fix that if it happens.)</div><div class="">- Right now, without terms, a member may feel awkward leaving, even if their interests have moved on somewhat. Term limits make a natural point at which to leave the table.</div><div class="">- A member who wants to stay on past their term end (via self-renomination) will have an incentive to be responsive.</div><div class="">- Though I would be thrilled to have Joachim remain Secretary in perpetuity (our BSFL -- Benevolent Secretary For Life), perhaps we should extend this idea to the secretary position, to give Joachim a natural time to renew his commitment and stave off resentment. :)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Open question: if a member in good standing renominates themselves, do we still run an open nomination process? I tend to say "no", but that that opens two more questions: what is "good standing", and what if other members of the community want in? I don't have the answers here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>