Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-13 Thread nicolas chavent
Hi all, This short email to thank you Dale for your post and for sharing this information about the fact that the ARC is ok with you running to the HOT board and to thank John and Mikel for their clarifications about the handling of their past conflicts of interest in HOT. As previously emailed

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Dale Kunce
Harry I loved your idea of putting the conflicts into a simple post that can be updated/changed without fear of mucking up the election wiki page. If anyone identifies other conflicts that I haven't noticed please feel free to point them out. As promised I've written my conflicts up.

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Martijn van Exel
Kate - you're probably correct, we are using the person you referred us to, so there should be no surprises there. On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Kate Chapman kate.chap...@hotosm.org wrote: Hi Martijn, HOT has a conflict of interest policy prepared by I believe the same legal expert. It

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread nicolas chavent
Hi Dale Thanks for your email and to bring upfront the question of your vision about the handling of conflict of interest in the Board of HOT US tied to partnership and your call for candidates to the Board of HOT US to publish their statements. Speaking about conflict of interests and

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi In HOT US, there are precedents leading to the resignation of former Board members Robert Soden and John Crowley (World Bank) and Mikel Maron (Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House) This is not a precedent. I resigned from the Board due to Conflict of Issues raised by my employer

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Martijn van Exel
The OSM US board has just agreed on a COI policy that was prepared by a legal expert. I can see if I can get you a copy if that would help? On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Harry Wood m...@harrywood.co.uk wrote: I believe conflicts should be handled in the follow 2 basic ways. 1.

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Harry Wood
I believe conflicts should be handled in the follow 2 basic ways. 1. Potential conflicts should be talked about and acknowledged well before any actual conflicts arise. 2. Board members should completely recuse themselves from any conversation. They should not listen to or be a part of the

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Mikel Maron
Please note, HOT does have established Conflict of Interest policies in place. These were first approved by the Board in 2012 as part of the 501(3)c process, and discussed and reviewed most recently last year. These documents are viewable at 

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Martijn, HOT has a conflict of interest policy prepared by I believe the same legal expert. It was required to apply for 501(c)(3) status and signed by the board at the time. On the road so can't look it up at the moment. Kate On Mar 12, 2015 12:37 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote:

Re: [HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-12 Thread John Crowley
Nico, There is no precedent for HOT board members resigning to ensure the neutrality of HOT. I resigned from the HOT board to ensure that HOT could remain a vendor at The World Bank Group under the conflict of interest rules of *The World Bank Group*. If I had remained on the HOT board as a

[HOT] Conflicts of Interest

2015-03-11 Thread Dale Kunce
Several members have asked me questions about how I would handle potential conflicts if elected to the HOT Board. First, I want to talk about the value of partnerships and why HOT should pursue more deeply integrated partnerships. My work at the American Red Cross overlaps a lot with HOT, this is