[Eg-oversight-board] Statement of Clarification

[Chris Sharp]

Grace,

I may weigh in more here, but I will go ahead and address this point for
the sake of the Board's understanding:

a.     On February 17, I was notified by the Board Secretary, Chris Sharp,
>> that Tanya had been going to him privately to resolve issues for the
>> conference and to deal with the SFC, excluding the conference committee
>> altogether.
>>
>                         b.     If the issues discussed between Tanya,
>> Chris, and the SFC included the PINES sponsorship issues or anything
>> regarding the Emerald Data sponsorships, I would point out that there is a
>> potential conflict of interest in that involvement since GPLS is Chris’
>> employer and Emerald Data is their vendor.
>>
>
Regarding that situation, Tanya was having some trouble with some specific
communications from the Software Freedom Conservancy to sponsors regarding
delayed processing of invoices.  In an attempt to fulfill my role as EOB
liaison to the Conservancy, I reached out to Karen Sandler, who quickly
responded and explained what was behind the perceived brusqueness in those
communications, which in turn allowed me to clear the air between the
Conservancy and the Conference planning committee.  I notified you of that
issue in your role as EOB Chair, since I believed it was the proper and
transparent thing to do.

Following those conversations, Tanya approached me as a sounding board for
how she was responding to emails from you in the role of EOB/Conference
liaison and the SFC and navigating what she perceived to be conflicting
information.  As a fellow state library agency employee, I was happy to
provide that sort of support for her.  We did not discuss the particulars
of sponsorships from GPLS, Emerald, or anyone else.  When issues about the
Evergreen birthday party were raised, I deferred to Elizabeth McKinney,
PINES Program Director, who was coordinating my agency's planned role in
that event.  You may recall that I abstained from all discussion and voting
during the "Executive Session" that the Board held on a private conference
call, which I hope the Board will view as an attempt to remain in
compliance with the by laws.

I'm happy to answer any other questions the Board has about this.

-- 
Chris Sharp
PINES System Administrator
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
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