| 12 May 2024 |
 nyanbinary | Ron & Jonas vouched for Silvan here. | 00:40:46 |
| nyanbinary | Dare I say this is a bit biased :P | 00:45:24 |
 infinisil | nyanbinary I put it in myself, didn't ask them explicitly, I disclosed it in the conflict of interest section too | 00:46:18 |
| infinisil | Fully agreed that it looks a bit weird, but I don't think it should be. I helped them out a ton in the past two weeks ;) | 00:47:20 |
| nyanbinary | In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
nyanbinary I put it in myself, didn't ask them explicitly, I disclosed it in the conflict of interest section too That still doesn't explain why they "vouch" for you though. | 00:48:44 |
| infinisil | nyanbinary It says "who can vouch for you", which I interpreted to mean that "if you ask these people about me, they'll probably say that they enjoyed working with me" | 00:50:43 |
| infinisil | And it's not like putting board members there has any influence anyways. It's the board itself that selects the assembly! | 00:51:41 |
 @sumner:nevarro.space | maybe it's a "English language being ambiguous" issue, as it could be interpreted as: "these people have endorsed me" | 00:52:41 |
|  @sky1e:mildlyfunctional.gay joined the room. | 00:53:14 |
| @sumner:nevarro.space | * maybe it's a "English language being ambiguous" issue, as it could be interpreted as: "these people have endorsed me" which appears to be not the correct interpretation | 00:53:25 |
 Lunaphied | It's still a CoI to use the board's past experience with you as a reference in a position the board itself is selecting | 00:53:51 |
| Lunaphied | It is quite literally the most basic form of conflict of interest | 00:54:28 |
| infinisil | Yeah and I disclosed that | 00:54:54 |
| nyanbinary | In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
Yeah and I disclosed that While saying "These don't really qualify as a conflict of interest, because the interest aligns with the larger community, but these should be mentioned regardless:" (downplaying it) | 01:01:21 |
| infinisil | nyanbinary: I mean, yeah that's what it just is. My interest is making this entire thing work out, that's why I spent so of my time on it the past weeks, there's no conflict in there. Or did I misunderstand what a conflict of interest is? | 01:05:06 |
| infinisil | Anyways, need to go to sleep. If anybody has serious concerns about my application it's probably best to reach out to the board directly for that, as mentioned in https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-constitutional-assembly-applications-open/45186 | 01:08:23 |
