Probably nothing can be perfect when defining "affiliation", but I
think some definition can help reducing hidden conflict of interests.
Here is an example in other standards body:
http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliation.html
Yoshihiro Ohba
(2012/08/02 14:37), Samuel Weiler wrote:
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