On Oct 7, 2012 2:26 PM, "Jan-bart de Vreede" <jdevreede@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> If you are someone's "mate" then you probably have a COI is as well, and I would assume you would also recuse yourself...

Just being friends with someone that has an interest in an issue can't be considered a conflict. That would make it impossible for anyone to ever act!

If you feel unable to act appropriately in that situation, then you shouldn't be a trustee of a charity.