Stephen, > On Apr 24, 2019, at 5:08 PM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hiya, > > As a nit, "AOB" should probably have a public slot too. I bet > not all AOB items need be confidential. > > And since I looked at the agenda, I also looked back to the last > minutes where I found: > > "All incoming board members have signed Conflict of Interest > disclosures. These will not be posted publicly, but have been > filed internally." > > Can you explain how this is consistent with the "public unless > otherwise justified in advance" approach that I think was the > intent for the LLC board's activities? > > It also seems to be somewhat illogical - if the CoI disclosure > is to protect the community against LLC board member conflicts, > I don't see how that works if the community are unaware of the > potential conflicts. Where are I wrong there? I agree. The important thing about CoI is that they be visible. Both to other board members for when they are discussing a topic, and in this case to the IETF community. Bob
