Re: NomCom 2012-2013: Third Call for Volunteers

[Samuel Weiler <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012, Yoshihiro Ohba wrote:

> What is the exact definition of "affiliation" in IETF?

Quoting from RFC3777:

"Rather than defining precise rules for how to define "affiliation", 
the IETF community depends on the honor and integrity of the 
participants to make the process work."

As a community, we recognize that this could easily be gamed, and we 
expect each other to behave reasonably.

> If a consultant who runs his/her own consulting company X is paid by 
> his/her customer company Y for his/her IETF activities including 
> NOMCOM activity, then what is his/her affiliation?

As a first pass answer, it's whatever the consultant would normally 
show on a meeting registration badge.  Typically, I'd expect X.  But 
the degree of funding is as extreme as you describe, it might still be 
appropriate to step aside if two persons from Y are also chosen (or 
ask one of them to step aside).

-- Sam