[Cryptech Core] info about commons conservancy

[Peter Stuge]

Rob Austein wrote:
> I don't think that one or two individuals holding wrong opinions would
> by itself constitutes a credibility problem by association for us.

I think it does when the topic is so serious.

I am surprised and disappointed if the majority position is to
shrug such an incompatibility off.

I don't want CrypTech to co-locate with an organization where an
individual with that opinion is involved, because it is so strongly
counter to the goal of the project.

Who we choose to work with matters a lot.


I was asked off-list to point out the link between Conservancy and
electronic voting:

--8<-- https://www.commonsconservancy.org/organisation/
Board of Directors

Guido Aben (secretary)
...
A generalist more than a specialist, he has been involved across the
range of the "buy-or-build" spectrum, in projects ranging from the
rolling out of a national dark fibre footprint, running cloud
services procurements through to the deployment of complex niche
builds such as an Internet voting system during national elections.
...
-->8--

I do find the organization problematic simply because this individual
is involved, even if the organization itself has not explicitly taken
position - because in a way they have; by accepting the individual on
their board.


As I read more around the Conservancy site I also see that all finances
must be handled by NLnet, making the practical purpose of the Conservancy
unclear, in addition to the credibility concern.

It looks like unneccessary association.


//Peter