On January 8, 2020 at 6:15:13 PM, IAB Chair wrote: Hi! > This policy covers the nomcom-selected Internet Architecture Board (IAB) > members and ex-officio members (collectively, “Covered Individuals”). This > policy has no impact on any other participants in IAB activities, for > instance liaisons to and from the IAB or IAB program members. I have two questions: (1) Why are the liaison members of the IAB not included as Covered Individuals? rfc2850 treats both ex-officio and liaison members in about the same way -- the only distinction that I could see is that "an ex-officio position may be held by a full member" (§1.2). Given that all the other expectations for both are the same, I would like to understand why the liaison members are not included in the policy if they can participate in the IAB discussions. (2) Liaison managers (to other organizations) represent the interests of the IETF, should they be subject to a similar COI policy? Maybe it is not appropriate to include them in this specific policy, but I didn't find anything in rfc4052 related to this point. Thanks! Alvaro.
