It seems that it was completely a misunderstanding. Given that the Board wanted us to move forward quickly, I was just trying to help make that happen.
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:58 AM, John Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > >
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