<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite">P.S. It is odd that by seeking participation on its LOC from active OSGeo chapters and individuals in order to come up with a bid that really represents OSGeo's vision, the DC bid has potentially been putting itself at a disadvantage, forcing two conference committee members to abstain, and potentially a few board members as well.</blockquote><br></div><div>So the only clean way out of this seems to be a community voting process of all the current charter members?</div><div><br></div><div>I don't see how otherwise this can still be a clean vote.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Bart</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; ">-- <br>Bart van den Eijnden<br>OSGIS - <a href="http://osgis.nl">http://osgis.nl</a></span>
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<br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Daniel Morissette <<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On 13-07-21 8:23 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Abstension<br>----------<br><br>I don't believe any of the OSGeo Board members are involved in either of<br>the Portland or DC bids; but please identify yourself if so.<br><br></blockquote><br><br>I guess I should disclose the fact that I am the chair of the OSGeo-Quebec Local Chapter, and Thierry Badard has joined the DC LOC on behalf of OSGeo-Quebec, and signed a letter of support for DC on behalf of OSGeo-Quebec.<br><br>So while I am not directly involved in the DC bid, does my involvement in OSGeo-Quebec and supporting Thierry's participation on behalf of OSGeo-Quebec represent a conflict of interest and mean that I should stay out of the vote? I would like to hear a clear position on this before I spend time evaluating the proposals.<br><br>Daniel<br><br>P.S. It is odd that by seeking participation on its LOC from active OSGeo chapters and individuals in order to come up with a bid that really represents OSGeo's vision, the DC bid has potentially been putting itself at a disadvantage, forcing two conference committee members to abstain, and potentially a few board members as well.<br><br>-- <br>Daniel Morissette<br><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">http://www.mapgears.com/</a><br>Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br>Board@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>