On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:14:16PM -0800, Bill Strahm <bill@strahm.net> wrote a message of 64 lines which said: > Saying that WG chairs can not work for companies that need the > efforts of the WG seems like setting up a big failure, Valdis did not suggest that we *forbid* people to work for companies involved in the work of the WG they chair. Just that we ask them to *disclose* such "potential conflicts of interest". (BTW, in the present case, I do not think it has anything to do with a real conflict of interest and everything to do with Bernstein's madness.) To me, it is a very reasonable idea: it goes toward more transparency, which is a good thing. The Internet is a big business now. We can no longer assume that all IETF members are benevolent and disinterested academics working only for the common good. Disclaimer :-) I work for the French registry. We are members of the BIND forum and therefore linked with ISC.