<div dir="ltr"><div>Grace,<br><br></div>I may weigh in more here, but I will go ahead and address this point for the sake of the Board's understanding:<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">a.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>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. </span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div> b.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>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. <br></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">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.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'm happy to answer any other questions the Board has about this.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Chris Sharp<br></div>PINES System Administrator<br></div>Georgia Public Library Service<br></div>1800 Century Place, Suite 150<br></div>Atlanta, Georgia 30345<br>(404) 235-7147<br></div></div>
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