Re: NomCom 2012-2013: Third Call for Volunteers

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Probably nothing can be perfect when defining "affiliation", but I
think some definition can help reducing hidden conflict of interests.

Here is an example in other standards body:
http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliation.html

Yoshihiro Ohba

(2012/08/02 14:37), Samuel Weiler wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012, Yoshihiro Ohba wrote:
> 
>> What is the exact definition of "affiliation" in IETF?
> 
> Quoting from RFC3777:
> 
> "Rather than defining precise rules for how to define "affiliation", 
> the IETF community depends on the honor and integrity of the 
> participants to make the process work."
> 
> As a community, we recognize that this could easily be gamed, and we 
> expect each other to behave reasonably.
> 
>> If a consultant who runs his/her own consulting company X is paid by 
>> his/her customer company Y for his/her IETF activities including 
>> NOMCOM activity, then what is his/her affiliation?
> 
> As a first pass answer, it's whatever the consultant would normally 
> show on a meeting registration badge.  Typically, I'd expect X.  But 
> the degree of funding is as extreme as you describe, it might still be 
> appropriate to step aside if two persons from Y are also chosen (or 
> ask one of them to step aside).
> 
> -- Sam
> 



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