On 11 October 2012 22:10, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
The consultant has apparently been chosen already based on a recommendation from Pavel. What other consultants were considered? What was the process? Did you get competing quotes?
No, I did not get competing quotes. This is limited to 3 to 4 thousand euros of part time work over two months. I have had agencies and consultants approaching me but Pavel's recommendation was solid. Unfortunately Ziko was unavailable on the day for the interview. Considering that Stefan comes with a great recommendation and experience of doing very similar work, this seemed a low risk decision. I have never worked with Stefan before and have no conflict of loyalties in this regard, I am merely going for a low risk pragmatic decision to ensure tangible progress on our first and most important goal for this year - getting a Secretary General established.
If the Council wishes to pause progress and consider a more detailed recruitment process with a number of bids against an open specification, I can ask Stefan to stop or terminate at any time and WMDE will cover those costs. Considering the relatively low amount of money involved, this might seem a poor use of our time, but I realize that I am only the Chair, and apart from my passion and charisma, have little real authority to proceed without a resolution in place.
Cheers, Fae