Originally Posted by
bhatnasx
Too many guidelines...personally, I believe if there is a conflict of interest, most folks would recuse themselves & if not, others would probably publically shame & embarrass them (or call for their removal). It's a self-policing system for this particular topic. And if it's not - I'm fully confident that there'd be at least one member out there who would bring it to the public's attention!
Thanks for taking the time to think about and respond to my suggestion.
From my perspective I think it makes sense to set expectations up front rather than respond to them as they come up. For example you could right now be working on and plotting the implementation of a direct competitor to FT. No one might know that but you. And you may not believe that there is anything wrong with your sitting on the TB while you undertake that effort because you plan to resign from the TB as soon as your product is ready. It's not that you are doing anything wrong, necessarily, it's just that you don't even realize that others might perceive you as conflicted.
So it's not so much about enforcement, it's more about setting expectations and making them clear.