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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:28 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> It definitely does create a conflict of interest. |
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What kind of conflict are we actually talking about? It isn't a |
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conflict of interest to hold an opinion. It is only a conflict if the |
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personal interests of a council member aren't aligned with the |
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interests of the developer community as a whole. |
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If a Council member has been investigating a situation closely, then |
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my feeling is that they're in a BETTER position to evaluate the |
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situation and not a worse one. The DevRel process is not an |
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adversarial one. |
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If we as a community can't trust somebody's ability to be |
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professional, then the last thing we should do is elect them to the |
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Council. Keep in mind that Developers only can lose their status if |
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they really tick a lot of people off. Council members lose their |
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status by default every 12 months. |
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Is there a problem here that actually needs to be solved? Can |
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somebody point to a recent situation where a conflict of interest |
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between a Council member and a developer led to a decision that a |
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majority of the community would consider inappropriate? |