[Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

[Philippe Beaudette]

Please allow me to "me too!" what Sue said.  As she said, she and I  
have talked about this.  I really AM sensitive to it, and fully  
disclosed the situation to the election committee when my hire was  
announced.  I'm happy to work with anyone who wants to in identifying  
conflicts and finding ways to mitigate them.  For now, though, please  
know that the election committee is aware of the situation and is  
actively monitoring it, and both Sue and I are paying a lot of  
attention and are willing to further discuss.  If you have a specific  
concern, please email me, or (if you're not comfortable emailing me),  
I'm sure that any other member of the election committee would be  
happy to talk to you about it.

Philippe


On Jul 14, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:

> Hi Yaroslav,
>
> Yes, it's a good question; Philippe and I have talked about it.
>
> In this instance I think it's okay for Philippe to remain on the
> committee, for a couple of reasons. 1) As you say, the election is
> four weeks away: practically speaking, it would be tough to find a
> replacement for Philippe in that time-frame.  And 2) There are lots of
> safeguards in place to ensure fairness in the election outcome -- for
> example, the committee doesn't actually administer the vote: that is
> handled by an independent third party, Software in the Public
> Interest.
>
> Philippe offered to me to resign from the election committee if I or
> the Board thought it was best.  I personally think the benefit of him
> fulfilling the commitment outweighs the downside.  But I know
> Philippe's sensitive to the issue: if people want to talk about ways
> to mitigate or eliminate the conflict, I'm sure he'd be happy to have
> that conversation :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
> 2009/7/14 Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru>:
>> I can only welcome Philippe's appointment, my congratulations.
>>
>> Since he is starting in July, and the elections are scheduled for  
>> August,
>> I am worried that his involvement as an election committee member  
>> could be
>> a conflict of interests?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Yaroslav
>>
>>
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