Mike, Michael StJohns wrote: > This isn't only about AD power, it's about perception of conflict of > interest. ... > This might be a specious argument, but there are enough conspiracy theorists ... This entire line of thinking gets scarier and scarier. If it has any validity as concern, then we already have a very deep problem. Candidacy often is already known among some of the IETF community, including among incumbents and other candidates. So the conflict of interest problem is already present... if your point is valid. Having candidacies be more publicly declared might change the statistics, but it won't change the basic reality. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf