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Re: What is a "management position? [Last Call: <draft-farrresnickel-harassment-05.txt> (IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures) to Best Current Practice]

2015-03-16 15:46:37
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 01:37:54PM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
However I'm not clear about the pragmatics, given the the Ombud, or
whoever makes the request, has confidentiality requirements that limit
what they can say to the person with the authority to remove the
miscreant...

Someone who has no formal authority but is influential has two ways to
make that influence effective:

1.  Lobby in private, saying nasty things about someone or whatever to
someone who _does_ have authority.  In that case, the abuse-redress
procedure actually needs to go after the person with the actual power,
because that's what's being exercised.

2.  Be abusive in public.  In this case, the official office-holder
either needs to do something or else, again, be implicated in the
abuse.

Best regards,

A

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