[governance] The New Class: Civil Society Professionals?

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com]
> 
> Did you read the part of the Nomcom report that said that employees of
> existing IG bodies "might" have "potential" conflicts of interest, and
> even though they may be CS, well, we aren't going to nominate them??

This is just common sense. People who work for organizations that make
governance decisions (e.g., an RIR or ICANN or ITU) cannot be considered
impartial judges of the criticisms, assessments or policies that should
be applied to their own organization. 

I just sat on a program committee for an academic organization, to which
I submitted a paper. Of course I recused myself from evaluating my own
proposal, and the proposal of any of my students. 

Same principle.

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