Incumbent conflict of interest

[Dave CROCKER <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>]

Mike,

Michael StJohns wrote:
> This isn't only about AD power, it's about perception of conflict of
> interest.  
...
> This might be a specious argument, but there are enough conspiracy theorists
...


This entire line of thinking gets scarier and scarier.  If it has any validity 
as concern, then we already have a very deep problem.  Candidacy often is 
already known among some of the IETF community, including among incumbents and 
other candidates.  So the conflict of interest problem is already present... if 
your point is valid.

Having candidacies be more publicly declared might change the statistics, but it 
won't change the basic reality.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net
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