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Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs

2000-02-15 17:20:04
--On Tuesday, 15 February, 2000 15:22 -0600 Tim Salo <salo(_at_)networkcs(_dot_)com> wrote:

Of course, that leads to the rather interesting dilemma that
we don't know whether an individual is speaking on behalf or
his or her self or on behalf of an organization, (again, even
if we tell that person that _we_ know which it is).

FWIW, in some other standards bodies, there is a policy that, if one wants to (or is constrained to) speak on behalf of an organization, or arrives with instructions as to what to say that the individual cannot change after hearing arguments in the meeting, those restrictions/relationships must be disclosed. The rule is unenforceable, but provides some protection to the individual (especially in "my company is full of idiots, but please don't mistake me for one" situations) and for the standards group.

  john