[OpenID board] Technical Committee Chairs

[John Bradley]

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 <dick.hardt at gmail.com> 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
> 
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