[OpenID board] Technical Committee Chairs

[David Recordon]

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 <jbradley at mac.com> 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 <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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