[OSGeo-Conf] Voting Conflict of Interest Disclosure

[David William Bitner]

Thanks for sharing this Bart.

The OSGeo Conflict of Interest Policy only speaks to any interest for
potential financial gain, which, to be clear, there is none here.

I have simply offered advice and critique to the Boston team during this
process including sitting in on the LOC meetings.




On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl>
wrote:

> Btw, also see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conflict_Of_Interest_Policy
> linked here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Conference_Policy#Conflict_of_Interest_policy
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On 05 Nov 2015, at 19:59, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>
> Sorry I meant I prefer the last option (they all do *not* participate in
> the voting).
>
> Bart
>
> On 05 Nov 2015, at 19:58, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl> wrote:
>
> Given the fact that Dave stepped out for his Ottawa participation, we need
> people who are involved in bids / LOCs to do the same thing.
>
> So either they all participate in the voting, or they all do not IMHO.
>
> I prefer the first option to be honest.
>
> Note that we had this situation in the past with a board member IIRC. Long
> discussions were held in the past on this.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On 05 Nov 2015, at 19:47, Robert Cheetham <cheetham at azavea.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I'm not on the committee, so this is not my decision.  However, as the
> representative of one of the other bidders, the fact that you are a member
> of the organizing committee of one of the bidders does have the appearance
> of a conflict of interest.  While I completely agree with you that your
> active participation in comments and questions is invaluable to the entire
> process, I do think recusing yourself from voting and the private
> discussions would be the appropriate decision in this circumstance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
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>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:36 PM, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Fellow Conference Committee members,
>>
>> As I did prior to the first round of voting, I would like to disclose
>> that I have been helping the Boston team with their proposal and have been
>> included as part of their Local Organizing Committee.
>>
>> It is my belief that as a committee it is highly desirable for us to have
>> our members as active as they are willing at all stages in the FOSS4G
>> process including working at the early stages to help make sure that we
>> have the best bids and options that we can have.
>>
>> If we disallow votes from our members who take an active role in creating
>> these bids we discourage bidding teams and our conference committee members
>> from working closely together during this process.
>>
>> While I acknowledge that my work with the Boston team presents a conflict
>> of interest, I believe that our committee and this process is better served
>> by encouraging our membership to play as active a role as possible in all
>> aspects of this process. Unless there is consensus that I should do
>> otherwise, it is my intention to continue to participate in the
>> deliberation and voting for the 2017 FOSS4G selection. I commit to vote
>> based not on my involvement with one LOC, but to evenly consider all
>> proposals and what I feel is best for FOSS4G and for OSGeo.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> David
>>
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