Re: "Early rebid" (was Re: letters from Ted & Alissa)

[Job Snijders <[e-mail]>]

Dear Mike,

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 09:20:46AM -0400, Michael StJohns wrote:
> On 7/3/2019 6:14 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> > As usual, I'm employed by ISOC but not speaking for it.
> 
> It's pretty hard to not take the above with a grain of salt. You're not just
> an ISOC employee, but the president and CEO and as such have a lot of sway
> over the funding ISOC provides to the IETF. I can't imagine the I*  and
> community not giving your statements more weight than they might another
> generic IETF participant just because you say you're speaking for yourself. 
> It feels somewhat passive/aggressive too but that may just be me.
> 
> I can't remember Lynn or Cathy making a "not speaking for" statement in the
> time they were in your job, but this is the third from you in last day or
> so.  I wondering if it's really appropriate for you to do so given the
> relationships between the two organizations and your position?

I'd like to ask you for clarification on the above, do you mean to say
that the self-declaration is unnecessary, or that Andrew should refrain
from participating in a discussion three times a day?

Kind regards,

Job