Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Emiliano, all, Emiliano Vavassori wrote on 08/10/2021 11:37: > The proposed amendments were known to the full Board before publishing > and the proposed policy has been in discussion for over a month. Since > there was no unanimous consensus about it, but a fully shared > understanding that a

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-11 Thread Uwe Altmann
Hi Simon Thank you for your explanations. (And I'm sure Paolo also has read them with interest.) Am 10.10.21 um 13:21 schrieb Simon Phipps: it's just one of those things that gets things done in a timely manner rather than consigning them forever to discussion. Seems some things are still

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Emiliano, all, Emiliano Vavassori wrote on 08/10/2021 11:37: > The proposed amendments were known to the full Board before publishing > and the proposed policy has been in discussion for over a month. Since > there was no unanimous consensus about it, but a fully shared > understanding that a

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-10 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Uwe! TDF has a mailing list, legal@df, that is the point-of-first-contact for any inbound legal matters (it's referenced on various web pages). It comprises select staff, the Board's formal Legal Committee, and a few former directors - all Trustees but I am not entirely sure who. We

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Uwe, On 10/10/2021 11:16, Uwe Altmann wrote: Could you (or soemone else) please explain or point me to a location where I can find more on that legal committe? I tried a search at https://www.documentfoundation.org/ which didn't find anything. I believe that the information you are

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-10 Thread Uwe Altmann
Hi Simom Am 06.10.21 um 14:46 schrieb Simon Phipps: I will note none of the text has been supplied to or discussed by the legal committee (where I am a volunteer). Could you (or soemone else) please explain or point me to a location where I can find more on that legal committe? I tried a

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-08 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Emiliano, and thanks for your reply! I'm grateful for the effort you are putting in to this activity. On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 10:37 AM Emiliano Vavassori < emiliano.vavass...@documentfoundation.org> wrote:. > > Someone, inside the Board, asked to extend the proposed policy by > default to any

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-08 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Michael, you may re-iterate as many times as you like. You have been told time and again that members will surely be welcome at future stages. As explained by Emiliano "this document regulates the internal processes of the Board of Directors" and shares many good reasons to start with this

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-08 Thread Michael Meeks
On 08/10/2021 10:37, Emiliano Vavassori wrote: Il 06/10/21 14:46, Simon Phipps ha scritto: I will note none of the text has been supplied to or discussed by the legal committee (where I am a volunteer). I really appreciate your activity in the project and the Foundation. I will welcome

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-08 Thread Emiliano Vavassori
Hi Simon, Sorry for the belated answer :/ Il 06/10/21 14:46, Simon Phipps ha scritto: I think you are right, yes, which is why I sought clarification whether this was the Board providing formal notice of an intent to make such a modification. I cannot read, in the Statutes or in the Rules

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-06 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Emiliano! Many thanks for the reply. On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:58 PM Emiliano Vavassori < emiliano.vavass...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > As I read §1.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, it > is mandatory to make available a proposal of the amendments to said > Rules

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-06 Thread Emiliano Vavassori
Hi Simon, Thanks for your inquiry and very sorry to reply with such a delay. Il 05/10/21 13:11, Simon Phipps ha scritto: Just to be clear, Emiliano, is this an official Board communication or a personal message from you? As I read §1.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, it

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
With respect, Paolo, that does not answer the question either. S. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:07 PM Paolo Vecchi < paolo.vec...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > I believe that in the email is clearly stated that the proposal follows > Art. 1.2 of the rules of procedure which has my

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Simon, I believe that in the email is clearly stated that the proposal follows Art. 1.2 of the rules of procedure which has my full support as well as the support of other Directors. The official Board vote will start next week. Ciao Paolo On 05/10/2021 13:11, Simon Phipps wrote: Just

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
With respect, Franklin, that doesn't answer the question. Is this an official Board communication that Emiliano has sent? Cheers Simon On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 12:19 PM Franklin Weng < frank...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > Definitely not only from Emiliano. > > > Franklin > > > Simon

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Franklin Weng
Definitely not only from Emiliano. Franklin Simon Phipps 於 2021/10/5 下午7:11 寫道: Just to be clear, Emiliano, is this an official Board communication or a personal message from you? S. On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 10:55 PM Emiliano Vavassori >

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
Just to be clear, Emiliano, is this an official Board communication or a personal message from you? S. On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 10:55 PM Emiliano Vavassori < emiliano.vavass...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Dear fellow community, > > I'd like to make available, with the present message, the