[Foundation-l] Future board meeting (5-7 april 08)

[Nathan]

You're right, of course - I thought I could get away with being lazy
with my usage because of the context. Context makes all the difference
with these sorts of things - for instance, in my line of work, NDA
typically stands for "new drug application."

Something interesting that this subject brings to mind - if these
agreements were not routine with staff until recently, I wonder how
there came to be one with Ms. Doran. Could be a holdover from the
temp contract, I suppose, but if it was negotiated directly that would
put a slightly different spin on the effect of the agreement during the
controversy awhile back. Not important to have that addressed, I'd say,
but the whole issue between WMF and Doran does point up the
role an agreement of this sort could have in the future.


Nathan

On 4/14/08, Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Nathan wrote:
> > I'm guessing there aren't too many folks familiar with United States
> > employment
> > law among the folks debating and speculating on this list. I submit that
> > this is
> > probably not the sort of thing we want determined by a consensus of
> > amateurs.
> > Lots of people don't like ND agreements, but they don't like binding
> > arbitration,
> > non-compete and non-disclosure agreements either. Even so, they are
> fairly
> > common and effective. As a matter of fact, I think than an ND for the
> Board
> > is somewhat less unusual than an ND for employees.
> >
>
> Thank you for the calm, measured response. Can I ask, however, that we
> avoid confusing abbreviations? An ND agreement or NDA normally refers to
> a non-disclosure agreement (another much-despised yet much-used
> contract). While such agreements in business relationships sometimes
> also touch on non-disparagement, they're primarily focused on
> confidential information, which is a bit different issue.
>
>
> --Michael Snow
>
>
>
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