2008/12/2 Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Steve Haywood" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Adrian, I have heard a rumour that at the same time you were writing in > the > >waterways press and arguing on this list in favour of the moorings auction > >that you were in discussions with BW about running the scheme. Is that > true? > > Yes. > > After BW decided to pilot bidding for moorings, it advertised for > contractors to build the tenders part of the BW web site. In > response, my business put in a proposal to build an external moorings > auction (or tender) site at our risk and expense, on which BW could > post its vacancies on a flat-fee-per-mooring-advertised basis. > > Don't you think then that you had some sort of duty to declare an interest to us on this list and maybe even to the readers of the magazines for which you wrote that you had a financial interest in the outcome of this debate? Did the editors of these magazines know at the time you were writing that you had this interest since I can't recall it ever being declared in your articles which I took to be those of a dispassionate journalist.
Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
