Rescheduling regular DMB meeting day/time

[Robie Basak]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 11:59:03AM -0500, Dan Streetman wrote:
> In some of the applications we've had, I have suspected that
> applicants who have 'teams' supporting them (i.e. not candidates from
> the community) might have more experienced people privately 'helping'
> them with the answers to our questions. Now, I don't actually think
> that is a *bad* thing; we aren't trying to administer a closed-book
> school test here, and no actual engineer would ever make an important
> decision they were unsure of without consulting peers. However, I feel
> it's unfair to community candidates who may be 'on their own' going
> through this process. And I have no direct knowledge or proof, so
> maybe it's only my suspicion and not actually happening.

I think the opposite. From some of the answers, it's been obvious to me
that most applicants _aren't_ receiving such realtime coaching. I also
assume good faith that this isn't happening. And finally, community
candidates aren't 'on their own' because they explicitly have
endorsements who could also be receiving such input. So I don't think
anything would change by moving to the mailing list - it's a level
playing field already.

> And I think this is the real core of the issue - I'm in total
> agreement that we should be reviewing candidates on their actual work,
> not on answers to realtime questions. If all their work looks very
> good, I don't need to ask them anything.

As I said previously, it's the social side I'm most bothered about
assessing in realtime. I'm far less concerned by the technical quality
of their work, for which I rely on endorsements. I don't bother trying
to second guess sponsor endorsements on technical work quality, because
if an application were refused, an endorsing sponsor is likely just to
continue signing the applicant's work without much review anyway.
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