[Board] Motions

[Dave McIlhagga]

Not to nit-pick, but bias is different then conflict-of-interest.

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.

My point was that the rules around voting are around personal gain (ie. conflict of interest), not bias.

Perhaps a change to policy will be required in the future -- but wanted to point out the discrepancy.

Of course -- up to the board members to decide if this is important or not. I've had my say.

Dave



On 2013-07-26, at 9:20 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

> On 2013-07-26 10:01 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>> 
>> Clearly there is disagreement on whether conflict exists, so I believe
>> that the board is skipping a crucial step here, and that is to have a
>> board vote (excluding Mark) on whether there is in fact a conflict of
>> interest.
>> 
>> 
> 
> I don't see how holding another vote can solve anything.  I'd like to
> hear how a person (a human) can be involved in a bid and then
> impartially vote on which bid is better.
> 
> To me this has nothing to do with Mark.  Putting myself in that same
> exact position doesn't explain a thing.  It would still be a clear
> conflict of interest.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
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