[Board] Motions

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi,

this is very delicate question and I do not remember, we would be
speaking about this in the past (or it was not seen in the outside).

I barely know Mark (have we actually met?)  I do not know anything about
your business. But still, there is clear conflict of interests - you can
not be both "independent" and member of the conference team. In this
case,  as Dave stated, I see there conflict "relevant to matter
requiring" action. One can certainly support some team, but being member
of the Conference Team is something else.

Mark, you paid for your volunteering activities. Nothing personal, as I
said, I barely know you and I appreciate all your work, you do for OSGeo
and FOSS4G. I do not want to take the right of voting from you or from
anybody else. But we should stick to the rules.

Last year, I became member of the board and around that time, there was
a bit for FOSS4G 2013 (Nottingham winner). Prague did not made it into
the second round, but if we would and there would be a tie again, I
would be in the same situation. What would I do? I think, I would be
clearly in the conflict.

It's hard decision and it's hard not to touch anybody's feelings, but I
think, it's the right decision.

Meanwhile, you already stated, that you plan to abstain for this vote. I
thank you for this decision. Take my e-mail just for the record.

Jachym

Dne 26.7.2013 14:40, Mark Lucas napsal(a):
> Board,
> 
> We have two extremely time sensitive motions on the table, in two
> separate threads.  This will combine them here.
> 
> MOTIONS
> -------
> 
> I, Arnulf Christl, motion to accept all 37 nominees into Charter
> Membership and
> override the decision taken in the last board meeting.
> 
> +1 Mark
> 
> I, Jeff McKenna, motion to follow a custom voting procedure[1] by the
> Board, in order
> to decide the tie breaker for the hosting location of the FOSS4G 2014 event.
> 
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_Bid_Process_Board_Voting
> 
> -1 Mark
> 
> I feel there is no conflict of interest, I simply volunteered to help out in promoting what I thought was best for the organization.  Normally I'd shrug it off.  However, I suspect that the vote is close enough that this vote could swing one way or the other based on someone else's incorrect assessment that I have a conflict of interest.  The custom voting instructions essentially says that Mark Lucas can't vote.  and yes, now were in a situation where we can be criticized either way given a close vote….
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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