Re: Liaisons interoperation with NOMCOM members

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

Donald,

>> process, should a Liaison participate in the discussion about that
>> candidate pro or con?

DE3> I would say rarely. I don't recall any of the liaisons doing what I
DE3> would generally call "participating in discussion" in the sense of
DE3> arguing much.

I do.

In fact they were rather vigorous.


>> I emphatically believe that if the Liaison does and was not asked to
>> participate that is a conflict of interest?

DE3> Pffah. All you need to do is crank your conflict-of-interest sensitivity
DE3> up high enough and you can paralyze any organization.

and that's almost as fun as the effect on the organization of cranking
it too low.


DE3> What about potential CONGRUITY of interest? How about the theory that
DE3> Liaisons most probably want the IAB and IESG and the nomcom and IETF to
DE3> work well and produce good results?

oh.

you mean that besides being dedicated and well-intentioned, such folk
wouldn't *also* rather have people selected who they liked, who agreed
with them, and who would make their own job of AD or IAB participant
easier, such as a personal friend?  And if, by some extraordinary chance
a liaison did want those additional things, you believe their ability to
affect the outcome in that direction would not be a conflict of
interest?



d/
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