Re: Your opinion is requested
I think any conflict of interest is only matter of trust. I'm trusting you...
And, besides trust, we have also control - you are not chair of whole group, only one subgroup :)
(maybe you dont know this saying - "trust is trust, but you have to have also control", I don't remember exactly whos this saying, but someone from Stalin circles :) )
From: upamd@xxxxxxxx [mailto:upamd@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Panepinto
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 16:15
To: 'upamd@xxxxxxxx'
Subject: Your opinion is requested
Dear UPAMD Working Group Members:
Bob Davis, chairperson of the UPAMD, and I request your feedback. We subscribe to the values of the IEEE meeting rules and want to bring to your attention something about which we want to hear from you. Our working group and its subgroups strive to ensure there are no conflicts of interest or even the appearance of such.
Green Plug introduced the Green Power Processor, high-performance, low-power, mixed-signal processor for PID feedback loop and PFC control that also offers digital communication with sinks. Green Plug, like most of the members participating in the working group, intends to support the eventual UPAMD spec, but cannot commit to that until it is defined.
Because I am an employee of Green Plug, we want to ensure that no one feels my role as chairperson of the Power Subgroup represents a conflict of interest either as defined formally in the IEEE rules or even just in any member's mind. Please let us know how you feel. Our goal is to make rapid progress on the successful standardization of UPAMD and we do not want anything to impede our progress.
Please let us know how you feel about this. Thank you.
Regards,
Paul Panepinto
UPAMD Power Subgroup Chair
(970) 461-3077