Re: [arch-d] [EXTERNAL] Re: Draft IAB conflict of interest policy

I agree with Jason.  The notion that much of the IAB's work is focused on
technical issues is a mis-conception.  And, beyond Glenn's point about ISOC
Trustee appointment, here's a complete list of all the appointments and
confirmations for which the IAB is responsible:
https://www.iab.org/activities/iab-appointments-and-confirmations/

And, you can look at many of the IAB correspondence, reports, etc and see
that many of the topics are not particularly technical:
https://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/

I think some sort of COI policy is helpful, although as others have
suggested, I think we have to put a certain level of trust in the
individuals to do the right thing.

Regards,
Mary.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:20 PM Deen, Glenn (NBCUniversal) <
Glenn.Deen@nbcuni.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 1/9/20, 12:08 PM, "Architecture-discuss on behalf of Livingood, Jason"
> <architecture-discuss-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of
> Jason_Livingood@comcast.com> wrote:
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>     From: ietf <ietf-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Ben Campbell <
> ben@nostrum.com>
>     > I agree with that for the IESG, but the IAB is not usually in a
> position to approve or block specific technical decisions. Yes, it sets
> architectural direction, but see Richard’s comment down-thread.
>
>     [JL] Perhaps we are thinking too narrowly about what the IAB does?
> Here are some areas for potential conflict that are unrelated to
> architectural direction:
>     1 - Confirming the IETF Chair and Area Directors
>     2 - Standards appeals
>     3 - RFC Series
>     4 - Liaison roles
>     5 - Advice to ISOC
>
> [GD] + 6 - Appoint an ISOC Trustee
>
>     [JL] Even in architectural oversight, what if there was a strong push
> for a particular approach against a particular protocol or codec and
> someone on the IAB had an undisclosed financial stake in a patent pool that
> would directly benefit from a certain decision? Or if they "worked" for a
> university but were 100% funded by a grant from a government that was
> underwriting their time specifically to work against a specific upgrade to
> encryption? Or whatever other cases you might imagine.
>
>     [JL] So IMO it seems like some CoI policy for the IAB is better than
> no CoI policy.
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