<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Dave,<div><br></div><div>My actual involvement was taking a single phone call from Eddie asking if I would help to organize the conference. I said yes and really had no other input other than to arrange for a commitment for sponsorship through my company which does business with the federal government. </div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, lets all take a deep breath and move on…</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Dave McIlhagga <<a href="mailto:dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca">dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Not to nit-pick, but bias is different then conflict-of-interest.<br><br>Conflict-of-interest is not about being impartial, it's about having personal gain from a decision being made. Everyone has biases to some degree or another.<br><br>My point was that the rules around voting are around personal gain (ie. conflict of interest), not bias.<br><br>Perhaps a change to policy will be required in the future -- but wanted to point out the discrepancy.<br><br>Of course -- up to the board members to decide if this is important or not. I've had my say.<br><br>Dave<br><br><br><br>On 2013-07-26, at 9:20 AM, Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">On 2013-07-26 10:01 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Clearly there is disagreement on whether conflict exists, so I believe<br>that the board is skipping a crucial step here, and that is to have a<br>board vote (excluding Mark) on whether there is in fact a conflict of<br>interest.<br><br><br></blockquote><br>I don't see how holding another vote can solve anything. I'd like to<br>hear how a person (a human) can be involved in a bid and then<br>impartially vote on which bid is better.<br><br>To me this has nothing to do with Mark. Putting myself in that same<br>exact position doesn't explain a thing. It would still be a clear<br>conflict of interest.<br><br>-jeff<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>