[Chapter-delegates] Message from Internet Society Audit Committee Chair

[sivasubramanian muthusamy]

Dear Vint,

I respectfully disagree.

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 9:52 PM vinton cerf <vgcerf at gmail.com> wrote:

> ISOC does not dictate policy - it might advocate. This statement does not
> compute for me:
>
> "This conflict of interest, if any, is dwarfed by the conflict of interest
> in the BoT which from time to time includes representatives from Business
> Organizations whose financial contributions to the IETF or to ISOC or to
> ISOC initiatives is in the order of millions of dollars, and whose
> businesses stand to make significant financial gains or losses from the
> directions that the ISOC public policy takes."
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 11:12 AM sivasubramanian muthusamy via
> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> ( I don't fully understand the immediate context or trigger for this
>> issue of a perceived conflict of interest in the BoT. Nevertheless sharing
>> some observations, addressed to Andrew)
>>
>> Dear Andrew,
>>
>> There is a focus on conflict of interest arising when a serving Chapter
>> President offers to serve the ISOC BoT, on the rationale that the Chapter
>> (not the individual who has the role of the serving President) has received
>> 2 or 3000 a year for funding which is used for projects which in effect
>> further the positive interests of the Internet Society.  This conflict of
>> interest, if any, is dwarfed by the conflict of interest in the BoT which
>> from time to time includes representatives from Business Organizations
>> whose financial contributions to the IETF or to ISOC or to ISOC initiatives
>> is in the order of millions of dollars, and whose businesses stand to make
>> significant financial gains or losses from the directions that the ISOC
>> public policy takes.
>>
>> As for the Chapter Officers conflict of interest, if there is a provision
>> that allows a serving Chapter President to serve the BoT with conventions
>> of recusing from Chapter funding decisions it would suffice. If ISOC is
>> more insistent of perfection, the elected member, after confirmation of
>> election, or before he or she opts to serve the BoT, could be presented
>> with an option to pass on his or her role as Chapter President.
>>
>> Sivasubramanian M
>>
>>
>>
>>
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