Re: NomCom 2012-2013: Third Call for Volunteers

Yoshihiro Ohba <yoshihiro.ohba@toshiba.co.jp> Thu, 02 August 2012 05:11 UTC

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From: Yoshihiro Ohba <yoshihiro.ohba@toshiba.co.jp>
Subject: Re: NomCom 2012-2013: Third Call for Volunteers
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What is the exact definition of "affiliation" in IETF?

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?

Yoshihiro Ohba

(2012/08/02 11:13), Patrik Fältström wrote:
> 2 aug 2012 kl. 00:59 skrev Samuel Weiler <weiler@watson.org>:
>
>> Sorting that list by affiliation and counting the number of names from each affiliation, the volunteer list as of Monday included:
>>
>> 16 Huawai
>> 15 Cisco
>> 13 Ericsson
>> 9 Juniper
>> 5 ZTE
>> 4 Nokia/Siemens (debatable; see details)
>> 3 Alcatel-Lucent
>> 3 BBN
>> 3 China Mobile
>> 3 CNNIC
>> 2 Time Warner Cable
>> 1 (22)
>> Total: 98
>>
>> Observations: the top four companies on this list have contributed more than half of the NomCom volunteers.  The top three have contributed twice as many (44) as all of the entities that contributed only one (22).
>
> A good thing is that the "one" category is still the largest.
>
> Without arguing against you regarding this being something one should keep an eye on.
>
>     Patrik
>
>