[Board] Motions

[Mark Lucas]

Thanks Dave,

My actual involvement was taking a single phone call from Eddie asking if I would help to organize the conference.  I said yes and really had no other input other than to arrange for a commitment for sponsorship through my company  which does business with the federal government.  

Anyway, lets all take a deep breath and move on…

Mark


On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Dave McIlhagga <dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:

> 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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