I agree with that. and this seems like a reasonable “This" here is the use of employment as a poor approximation for what we should have which is a conflict of interest declaration. It's still the case that nomcom That needs delving in some more detail. It is wrong for someone to be an advocate because the person works for the same company. BUT it is not work if the Nomcom member knows that person well and is convinced that they have the required qualities for the post, including the required degree of independence of thought and action. but by balancing nomcom membership there is, at However, we need to balance against COI, not just do it the easy way. Indeed I think there really needs to be a COI register as you would have in any decision making position in most bodies. Take an example, I sit on the Board of the UK Amateur Radio Society (RSGB). At every Board meeting I am asked if I have any conflict of interest not already declared. The officials at the IETF have a much larger commercial and “regulatory” impact and yet we skirt the subject with a very crude proxy. - Stewart |
