PS - I'd like to add: - the AD shall not participate in governmental politics as a representative of this area
I'm amazed this isn't already a requirement of all ADs, but recent posts to the IETF list suggest otherwise (I don't know which ADs were involved). Joe On 6/23/2015 1:41 PM, Joe Touch wrote: > > > On 6/23/2015 1:32 PM, Martin Stiemerling wrote: >> Q: Fix the funding problem directly > ... >> 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. > > --- > > One additional point: there's no such thing as "apparent" COI; *ALL* COI > is based on the *perception* of the *potential* for inappropriate behavior. > > Joe >
