David Singer

@bkardell Very much, yes. I made a mistake several years ago, when I suggested what organizations other than the IETF call a Nominating Committee; a group charged with making sure...

> I've shown resistance to the NomCom idea in the past, frankly, because it pushes the problem upstream - someone, somewhere, is "deciding who should be on the slate", and...

I think I would want that Nominations can be directly made by/from the NomCom as well as by AC reps, and that the NomCom is also privileged to see all...

I suspect we would need to form the NomCom from a few ex-officio members, but otherwise by * random selection from * a set of volunteers drawn from * the...

So, I think we converged. No one shall be both a party and an adjudicator. The person making either the decision being objected to or appealed, and the person making...

ah, right, adjusting for clarity for that case: No one shall be both a party and an adjudicator. The person making either the decision being objected to or appealed, and...

Thanks, I agree on the last point. Recusal has a very specific meaning, (e.g. Cambridge) "the fact of a judge or a member of a jury not being involved in...

I think we all (or most of us) have a business interest in the health of the world-wide-web, so I don't think that we'll easily find a bright line. The...

@jeffjaffe I disagree, or at least doubt that there is any other easily-defined 'bright line'. Almost everyone has some interest in the outcome. It's not a yes/no, it's a question...

I am somewhat doubtful we can succeed in making a clear enough bright-line definition of "business interest". However, I do think we could consider even more subtle, layered approaches than...