<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;" class="">Sorry I meant I prefer the last option (they all do *not* participate in the voting).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bart</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 05 Nov 2015, at 19:58, Bart van den Eijnden <<a href="mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl" class="">bartvde@osgis.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Given the fact that Dave stepped out for his Ottawa participation, we need people who are involved in bids / LOCs to do the same thing.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So either they all participate in the voting, or they all do not IMHO.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I prefer the first option to be honest.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note that we had this situation in the past with a board member IIRC. Long discussions were held in the past on this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Bart</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 05 Nov 2015, at 19:47, Robert Cheetham <<a href="mailto:cheetham@azavea.com" class="">cheetham@azavea.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">David,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm not on the committee, so this is not my decision. However, as the representative of one of the other bidders, the fact that you are a member of the organizing committee of one of the bidders does have the appearance of a conflict of interest. While I completely agree with you that your active participation in comments and questions is invaluable to the entire process, I do think recusing yourself from voting and the private discussions would be the appropriate decision in this circumstance.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">Regards,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">Robert<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><br class="">------------------<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:36 PM, David William Bitner <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" target="_blank" class="">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Fellow Conference Committee members,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">As I did prior to the first round of voting, I would like to disclose that I have been helping the Boston team with their proposal and have been included as part of their Local Organizing Committee.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">It is my belief that as a committee it is highly desirable for us to have our members as active as they are willing at all stages in the FOSS4G process including working at the early stages to help make sure that we have the best bids and options that we can have. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">If we disallow votes from our members who take an active role in creating these bids we discourage bidding teams and our conference committee members from working closely together during this process.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">While I acknowledge that my work with the Boston team presents a conflict of interest, I believe that our committee and this process is better served by encouraging our membership to play as active a role as possible in all aspects of this process. Unless there is consensus that I should do otherwise, it is my intention to continue to participate in the deliberation and voting for the 2017 FOSS4G selection. I commit to vote based not on my involvement with one LOC, but to evenly consider all proposals and what I feel is best for FOSS4G and for OSGeo.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Sincerely,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">David</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="">************************************<br class="">David William Bitner<div class="">dbSpatial LLC</div><div class=""><a href="tel:612-424-9932" value="+16124249932" target="_blank" class="">612-424-9932</a></div></div>
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