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Re: What is a "management position? [Last Call: <draft-farrresnickel-harassment-05.txt> (IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures) to Best Current Practice]

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Mon, 16 March 2015 20:38 UTC

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On 3/16/2015 1:32 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> If someone who has no formal
> authority and serves at the pleasure of the relevant WG chairs is
> abusing their position of influence, the right thing to do is not to
> expand the definition of Official Role-Holder.  The thing to do is to
> complain to the people who _do_ have official authority and use the
> processes we have.


That's sounds entirely appealing.

However I'm not clear about the pragmatics, given the the Ombud, or
whoever makes the request, has confidentiality requirements that limit
what they can say to the person with the authority to remove the
miscreant...


d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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