[foundation-board] OKF consultancy policy?

Tue May 24 10:06:25 UTC 2011

We already have these consultancy guidelines but they are focused on Board
members doing work with the Foundation:

<http://okfn.org/board/consultancy-guidelines/>

Regards,

Rufus

On 24 May 2011 10:48, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:

> Do we have any kind of consultancy policy to speak of? E.g. if core
> OKF people want to do consultancy on any stuff that is related to
> their work at OKF:
>
>  * Is there an expectancy that they do this with OKF hat? I.e. can
> they go off and do things by themselves? I have a mild preference for
> encouraging people to do things with OKF hat where possible - but
> obviously we want to minimise risk that people will do things with OKF
> hat and then not deliver, do something sub-standard, etc.
>  * Do we want documentation somewhere about what this involves? Does
> the standard overheads rate apply? Could this be worth writing up
> quickly so we have some kind of basic policy and some material on how
> to do this? (E.g. making a request, expectations, process, etc.)
>
> Background: Tim McNamara is potentially going to be consulting for New
> Zealand government - we discussed whether or not it would make sense
> to do this with OKF hat or not. From my point of view this would be
> highly desirable - e.g. for official contact with public bodies, Tim
> is great and will represent OKF very well, etc.
>
> Also it would be useful to have something like this so that e.g. we
> know what to do if one of our core developers gets directly approached
> to do something related to something they've been doing in the OKF.
>
> Jason: this seems like I wonder if you'd be willing to take this on?
> As its a contracts / HR / money thing, seems within your remit?
>
> Jason: would really love to hear your views on this, qua OKF legal counsel.
> ;-)
>
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