[Board] Motions

[Michael Gerlek]

In some contexts the term used is "_appearance_ of conflict of interest",
and applies not just to direct financial gain but, more broadly, is rooted
in any undue influence on one's professional judgement.

As our organization is a nonprofit, it's issues are as often as not
involved in areas outside direct financial gains.

I think an OSGeo bylaw change and policy guidelines in the conference bid
rules are needed so we don't get in this situation again.

(speaking generally here, without commenting on Mark's situation)



-mpg







-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McIlhagga <dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca>
Date: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:58 AM
To: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
Cc: <board at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Board] Motions

>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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