Hi Joe
Am 23.06.15 um 22:41 schrieb Joe Touch:
On 6/23/2015 1:32 PM, Martin Stiemerling wrote:
Q: Fix the funding problem directly
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Google concerned that direct funding would cause (apparent or real)
conflicts of interest
That's true for people funded by companies.
A quick check of the current 15 includes:
3 from Cisco
2 from Huawei
1 from ICANN
There are only two from universities, who arguably have no COI because
they don't sell devices or services directly derived from IETF output.
Direct funding by the ISOC would mitigate, rather than amplify, this COI.
Right. There were thoughts in the past to have a fund for the TSV AD
position where bigger companies chip in money so that indepedent
candidates could run for the position though the actual employer would
not be able to financially sponsor them.
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One additional point: there's no such thing as "apparent" COI; *ALL* COI
is based on the *perception* of the *potential* for inappropriate behavior.
True.
Martin
