Listing affiliations (Re: OPEN ISSUE: WG Chair Selection (in general))

[Bob Hinden]

Randy,

I agree that there is no reason to have anyone change email addresses.  As 
you point out there are lots of good reason to have email addresses 
different from one employer.

Bob

At 04:02 PM 5/28/2003, Randy Bush wrote:
>fwiw,
>
>   a - i agree that affiliations ahould be well-known
>
>   b - this goes for everyone, not just i* members, wg chairs, etc.
>
>   c - i was nonplussed to see they were not shown on the iesg web
>       page
>
>   d - there is a balance between affiliations being well-known and
>       the desire to make it clear that we all act as individual
>       experts
>
>   e - those of us who have very long-lived email addresses but who
>       occasionally change employers would strongly prefer to use
>       the long-lived email addresses.
>
>   f - i also prefer to use my private email address so that all
>       know i speak as an individual, not an employee, as i have
>       been known to speak against the interests and policies of my
>       employer.
>
>   g - in case you did not know and do care, i work for iij,
>       internet initiative japan (legally, i work for iij/america in
>       nyc), but work out of my home near seattle.
>
>randy