> I don't know what to make of that text. While I can imagine exceptions, > as a general rule that is so obviously a bad idea that it never occurred > to me it was within the rules. My recollection is that the text got added at some point to deal specifically with situations where a nomcom was considering a candidate, and (by chance) a specific member of the nomcom had specific information about that candidate learned as a result of having been on a previous nomcom. Before that text was added, the nomcom member wasn't allowed to provide such information. I.e., they were effectively gagged from providing presumably important and relevant information. That situation had apparently happened. (Yes, I recognize that the words in the 3777 are much broader than needed to cover this.) Thomas
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