[Board] Teach-in 2009

[Paul Ramsey]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
<tmitchell at osgeo.org> wrote:
> On 30-May-08, at 1:44 PM, jo at frot.org wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 03:11:00PM -0400, Mark Lucas wrote:
>>>
>>> Some of the leading board members have recused themselves because they
>>> want to participate.  I admire their integrity, but unfortunately this
>>> is taking a bad turn because we have too many OSGeo people involved in
>>> the proposed activity (hmmm).
>>
>> In this case, policy trumps integrity, it's not voluntary:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conflict_Of_Interest_Policy
>
> One other way to look at it is that regardless of whether this becomes an
> "OSGeo Teach-In" or not, the event will go on and likely with the same
> people involved.  Voting would be about whether it's tied to OSGeo or not
> and I don't see how that puts anyone in a conflict.  It's not like if this
> becomes an OSGeo event suddenly those helping teach will get more cash.  Am
> I missing something?

That's a bridge too far. I'm not sure if it violates the letter or the
spirit of the policy, but regardless, it violates something :)

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