Dear Mike, On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 09:20:46AM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote: > On 7/3/2019 6:14 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > As usual, I'm employed by ISOC but not speaking for it. > > It's pretty hard to not take the above with a grain of salt. You're not just > an ISOC employee, but the president and CEO and as such have a lot of sway > over the funding ISOC provides to the IETF. I can't imagine the I* and > community not giving your statements more weight than they might another > generic IETF participant just because you say you're speaking for yourself. > It feels somewhat passive/aggressive too but that may just be me. > > I can't remember Lynn or Cathy making a "not speaking for" statement in the > time they were in your job, but this is the third from you in last day or > so. I wondering if it's really appropriate for you to do so given the > relationships between the two organizations and your position? I'd like to ask you for clarification on the above, do you mean to say that the self-declaration is unnecessary, or that Andrew should refrain from participating in a discussion three times a day? Kind regards, Job
