[Board] Arrangement with Tyler for the termination of his employment

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks Daniel and other board members for dealing with this with great care! It is not the nicest nor easiest thing to do.
Jeroen

On 23 nov. 2011, at 05:37, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> Board,
> 
> Here is a summary of the arrangement we made with Tyler for the termination of his employment as Executive Director of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. This arrangement was based mostly on advice from the company responsible for our payroll, and some bits of advice from accountants.
> 
> (Note to members following the board activity: This is a rare case where discussions and decisions had to be made by the board in private because they relate to HR, so we are providing this summary here for the records and in the interest of transparency.)
> 
> So here we go, without getting into the tiny details:
> 
> 1- Friday Nov 18, 2011 was Tyler's last day of work for OSGeo (this was decided at the September 18 board meeting).
> 
> 2- It was decided to give Tyler 6 weeks of severance pay on top of the 2 months (~7 weeks) notice of termination that was given to him after the board meeting. He was also required to sign a release document provided by our payroll contractor. This is in line with industry standards for this type of position in Canada according to our payroll contractor.
> 
> 3- It was also decided to let Tyler keep (as part of his severance package) the computer equipment that he was using for his day to day work for OSGeo. This made the most sense since we will no longer have a permanent office and it would not be practical to ship the equipment around the world for members to use anyway.  More specifically, we are talking about a laptop, cell phone, video camera, laser printer and monitor.
> 
> 4- In order to formalize the transfer of assets in OSGeo's books and to deal with the taxable benefit aspect of this transaction for Tyler, we used the current book value of the assets (2,159.32$). (I save you the details of the accounting transactions)
> 
> I, as treasurer, am about to execute the above transactions on behalf of OSGeo, as previously agreed with other members of the board, and am sending this note for your information and for our records.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Daniel Morissette (OSGeo Treasurer)
> 
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