[OSGeo-Conf] Voting Conflict of Interest Disclosure

[Sanghee Shin]

Dear David, 

Accepted. I know it was not an easy decision. Thank you very much for your great decision. And if there is any other person who believes you’re in conflict of interest, please disclose yourself. 

Conference Committee members, 
Now we have 15 voting members since David Bitner and Dave McIlhagga recused themselves from voting.[0] 

- Voting will start on 11th Nov. 2015 00:00 UTC and close on 17th Nov. 2015 23:59 UTC.
- Please review full proposals and select your preference city based on the proposal.[1]
- Email your single choice only to me privately through to (shshin at gaia3d.com <http://gaia3d.com/>)
- I’ll inform you which city is selected through this mailing list on 18th Nov. 2015 and will ask approval to the Board. 

Cheers, 

신상희
[0]http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members>
[1]http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp <http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp> 
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Shin, Sanghee
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
http://www.gaia3d.com 

> 2015. 11. 9., 오후 3:45, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com> 작성:
> 
> Just to make sure I close the loop on things. I will be recusing myself from voting and participating in the selection call for FOSS4G 2017.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Michael Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com <mailto:mpg at flaxen.com>> wrote:
> Just fyi -
> 
> In consultation with Jeff McKenna earlier this week, I have recused myself from managing the final voting process in order to avoid any possible appearance of a conflict of interest. (I got a new boss last week, and he happens to be on one of the LOCs.)
> 
>  -mpg
> 
> 
>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Robert Cheetham <cheetham at azavea.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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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