Re: [Speermint] WG chairs affiliation disclosure

["Uzelac, Adam" <Adam.Uzelac at globalcrossing.com>]

Was this email prompted by the recent Dilbert comic?

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-09-01/

;) When's the next meeting in Elbonia?

-Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: speermint-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:speermint-bounces at ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Livingood, Jason
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:36 PM
> To: speermint at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Speermint] WG chairs affiliation disclosure
> 
> See note below, which went to the WG chairs mailing list.  The note
> requests
> all WG chairs disclose their affiliation.
> 
> For speermint, our charter is @
> http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/speermint-charter.html
> 
> As you can see on the charter, from my email address, I work for
> Comcast.
> My co-chair, Daryl Malas, works for CableLabs.  Comcast is a cable
> company
> and is a member of CableLabs (which includes providing financial
> support for
> CableLabs via a membership fee).  When Daryl joined as co-chair he
> worked
> for another company, other than CableLabs.
> 
> In terms of my own employment, I view myself in my co-chair role as
> providing a service to the general Internet community, as opposed to
> simple
> representation of the views of my employer, which I believe is the case
> for
> the most contributors here at the IETF.  I am sure that Daryl feels the
> same
> way.
> 
> I hope that this meets the letter and spirit of the request to have all
> WG
> chairs in all groups disclose their affiliations.  Should anyone have
> any
> questions or concerns relating to this disclosure or our affiliations,
> please do not hesitate to contact Daryl or I directly or reply to the
> list.
> 
> Regards
> Jason
> 
> 
> On 9/3/09 9:54 AM, "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <dromasca at avaya.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > The issue below was discussed by the IESG in the  last telechat as a
> > management item.
> >
> > Some WGs have more than one co-chair. It is considered a good
> practice
> > that co-chairs of the same WG are not affiliated or their
> particpation
> > is not sponsored by the same company. However this is not a mandatory
> > requirement and situations may happen where individuals change
> > affiliation or sponsorship. It is recommended that such cases are
> made
> > known to the community and especially to the other WG participants.
> For
> > this purpose ADs will recommend the chairs of the WGs to disclose
> their
> > affiliation or participation sponsorship at nomination and in cases
> of
> > changes of affiliation or sponsorship - especially when these are not
> > obvious from their email addresses - by sending a message to the WG
> mail
> > list.
> >
> > Dan
> 
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