David, My recollection is that Dick said that being part of a decision to direct funds to himself would be a conflict, so he recused himself from the vote.
I understood Scot's reply to be that resigning from the board/committee was not required. That the bylaws contained other mechanisms to deal with such a conflict. I am assuming that the conflict or lack there of will be dealt with as part of the contract/SOW process. If there is no contract/SOW there is no conflict. If there is a issue with Dick remaining chair I expect the director to inform the Committee and a new election to occur in a democratic fashion. The Committee can also decide to replace the chair at any time independent of conflict recommendations from Council/ED. So I did consider your note a touch over eager. I do understand that it was perhaps partially motivated by conversations I am unaware of. John B. On 2010-05-20, at 6:40 AM, David Recordon wrote: > Sorry, when I spoke with Don, Brian, and Scott after the meeting they were > all under the impression that this was the case. > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dick Hardt <[email protected]> wrote: > I stated I had a conflict as chair of the technical committee to direct funds > to myself from the technical committee budget. I did not state that I was > stepping down as chair of the tech committee, nor did anyone suggest that I > should. > > My understanding is that the technical committee was to review the statement > of work. I predict that continuing on as chair of the technical committee > would be beneficial in performing the work. > > I'm disappointed that you did not discuss your proposed path before sending > out this email. > > I will send out a draft SOW to the Tech Comm and schedule a call to discuss > soon. > > -- Dick > > On 2010-05-19, at 11:01 PM, David Recordon wrote: > > > Today the Board passed a resolution directing the Executive Director, > > Chair, Technical Committee, and outside council to explore a contracting > > relationship with Dick Hardt to move the v.Next work forward. Dick brought > > up how there could be a conflict during this process given that he is the > > chair of the Technical Committee. So for the time being I'll take on the > > chair role with Joseph Smarr (who wasn't at the meeting but I spoke to a > > few hours ago) taking on the co-chair role. > > > > Technical Committee, expect a followup email around starting to pull > > together a set of deliverables and timeline over the next week. The goal, > > as I understand it, is to either have a contract in place or a > > determination that it is unfeasible by the end of the this month. > > > > Thanks, > > --David > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board
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