Hiya, On 29/03/16 18:52, The IETF Trust wrote: > The IETF Trust would like community input on a proposed Conflict of > Interest Policy. Thanks for posting this. I've two (not that simple:-) questions: - Why isn't this aiming to end up being a document subject to IETF consensus? I can imagine there may be good or bad reasons for either doing this via the IETF process or not doing it via the IETF process, but I wondered - it seems like this is not just some minor operational thing, and considering these issues and aiming to get IETF consensus on how/when to declare conflicts of interest could be useful more generally. Is there something substantially different about the trust in this respect vs. other IETF roles such as chair, author, AD etc? - Some trustees are selected by nomcom or other bodies. Wouldn't those proposing themselves for selection need to say something about known conflicts to selecting bodies like nomcom, so that we don't select folks who are conflicted out of being useful? And doesn't that mean that the list of conflicts needs to be public? And why shouldn't it be public? (Or did you intend it to be public? I wasn't sure.) Thanks, S. > > The trustees of a legal trust entity, such as the IETF Trust, should > be subject to a conflict of interest policy. Accordingly, the > Trustees are considering this policy for adoption. > > The policy discusses the following: > 1. Application of Policy > 2. Conflict of Interest > 3. Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest > 4. Procedures for Review of Potential Conflicts > 5. Violations of Conflict of Interest Policy > > The proposed Conflicts of Interest Policy is located here: > http://trustee.ietf.org/documents/IETF-Trust-Conflict-Policy-18March2016.htm > > The Trustees will consider all comments received by 13 April 2016. > > Ray Pelletier > Trustee > IETF Administrative Director > >
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