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Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> Mon, 04 March 2013 08:24 UTC

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On 3/3/13 11:18 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Incidentally, while mulling this over, it occurred to me that RFC 3777
> doesn't (I believe) talk about conflict of interest within the
> confirming bodies. I do recall members of the IAB and the ISOC Board
> recusing themselves from confirmation discussions on occasion, but that
> was done on an ad hoc basis. I wonder whether we should write something
> down about this.

I tend to be unenthusiastic about publishing more process document
but this sort of thing seems very worthwhile.  If nothing else it
seems worthwhile to think about and clarify our own policies.

Melinda

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