change 'his or her' to 'their', renewal every year instead of six months, removed requirement to send completed copy to general council
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		|  | @ -29,30 +29,30 @@ interests. In particular, the following scenarios are to be identified as | |||
| conflicts of interest:</p> | ||||
| <ul> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) is a party to a | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or their family member) is a party to a | ||||
| contract, or involved in a transaction with Conservancy for goods | ||||
| or services.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) is a director, | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or their family member) is a director, | ||||
| officer, agent, partner, associate, employee, trustee, personal | ||||
| representative, receiver, guardian, custodian, legal representative or in | ||||
| some other way has a fiduciary duty to an entity involved in a transaction | ||||
| with Conservancy.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) is engaged in a substantial | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or their family member) is engaged in a substantial | ||||
| capacity or has a material financial interest in a for-profit enterprise | ||||
| that competes with Conservancy or a Conservancy Project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) has a material | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or their family member) has a material | ||||
| financial interest in, or fiduciary duty to an entity Conservancy | ||||
| has engaged in a free software license compliance effort, enforcement | ||||
| effort, or related litigation on behalf of a Conservancy project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) has a material | ||||
| <p>A Conservancy Person (or their family member) has a material | ||||
| financial interest in or fiduciary duty to the competitor of an entity | ||||
| Conservancy has engaged in a free software license compliance effort, | ||||
| enforcement effort, or related litigation on behalf of a Conservancy | ||||
|  | @ -70,7 +70,7 @@ not compromised by personal interests.</p> | |||
| <li> | ||||
| <p><strong>No Personal Profit or Gain.</strong> No Conservancy Person (or family | ||||
| member) shall derive any personal profit or gain, directly or indirectly, | ||||
| by reason of his or her participation with Conservancy. Personal profit | ||||
| by reason of their participation with Conservancy. Personal profit | ||||
| or gain does not include compensation approved by the Board for paid | ||||
| employees, or reimbursement of legitimate Conservancy expenses.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
|  | @ -81,10 +81,9 @@ which he or she may have in any matter pending before Conservancy | |||
| and shall refrain from participation in any decision on such matter.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p><strong>Conservancy Conflict Disclosure Form.</strong> Every six months, each | ||||
| <p><strong>Conservancy Conflict Disclosure Form.</strong> Every one year, each | ||||
| Conservancy Person shall complete a Conservancy Conflict Disclosure | ||||
| form attached as Exhibit A and submit it to the Board and to | ||||
| Conservancy’s General Counsel.</p> | ||||
| form attached as Exhibit A and submit it to the Board</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| </ul> | ||||
| <h3 id="conflict-resolution-procedures-for-conservancy-persons">Conflict Resolution Procedures for Conservancy Persons</h3> | ||||
|  | @ -116,7 +115,7 @@ conflicted Conservancy Person must abstain from, and must not hear nor | |||
| read the pre-vote discussions of the matter by the Board or Board | ||||
| Committee, except to disclose material facts and to respond to | ||||
| questions. The conflicted Conservancy Person shall not attempt to exert | ||||
| his or her personal influence with respect to the matter, either at or | ||||
| their personal influence with respect to the matter, either at or | ||||
| outside the meeting.  The Conflicted Person may read minutes and/or | ||||
| logs of the matter’s discussion after voting is complete.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
|  | @ -169,38 +168,38 @@ technical direction (“PLC Persons”). Conservancy understands and | |||
| expects that many PLC Persons exploit professional skills relating | ||||
| to their Project as individuals by providing developing, consulting, | ||||
| and/or training services. Nonetheless, each PLC Person has a duty | ||||
| to act in the best interests of his or her Project when making technical | ||||
| to act in the best interests of their Project when making technical | ||||
| decisions about the Project.</p> | ||||
| <h3 id="defining-a-conflict-of-interest-for-a-plc-person">Defining a Conflict of Interest for a PLC Person</h3> | ||||
| <p>In general, PLC Persons should avoid making technical decisions on | ||||
| matters where his or her personal and/or professional interests are | ||||
| at odds with his or her Project’s interests. In particular, the following | ||||
| matters where their personal and/or professional interests are | ||||
| at odds with their Project’s interests. In particular, the following | ||||
| scenarios are to be identified as conflicts of interest:</p> | ||||
| <ul> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or his or her family member) is a party to a contract, | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or their family member) is a party to a contract, | ||||
| or involved in a transaction with Conservancy for goods or services | ||||
| relating to his or her Project.</p> | ||||
| relating to their Project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or his or her family member) is an employee, owner, | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or their family member) is an employee, owner, | ||||
| or otherwise has a financial interest in an entity involved in a transaction | ||||
| with Conservancy relating to his or her Project.</p> | ||||
| with Conservancy relating to their Project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or his or her family member) is a director, officer, | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or their family member) is a director, officer, | ||||
| agent, partner, associate, trustee, receiver, guardian, personal representative, | ||||
| custodian, legal representative or in some way has a fiduciary duty | ||||
| to an entity involved in a transaction with Conservancy relating to | ||||
| his or her Project.</p> | ||||
| their Project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or his or her family member) is engaged in a substantial capacity | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or their family member) is engaged in a substantial capacity | ||||
| or has a material financial interest in a for-profit enterprise that | ||||
| competes with his or her Project.</p> | ||||
| competes with their Project.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or his or her family member) is the owner of copyrights | ||||
| <p>A PLC Person (or their family member) is the owner of copyrights | ||||
| that are the subject of a Conservancy-led compliance effort, enforcement | ||||
| effort, or related litigation – and the PLC Person (or a family member) | ||||
| has a material financial interest in or fiduciary duty to an entity | ||||
|  | @ -208,7 +207,7 @@ adverse to this effort.</p> | |||
| </li> | ||||
| </ul> | ||||
| <p>Conservancy further notes that a scenario may arise where a PLC Person | ||||
| (or his or her family member) works for, owns, or otherwise has a | ||||
| (or their family member) works for, owns, or otherwise has a | ||||
| financial interest in an entity that competes with a second entity | ||||
| involved in a transaction with Conservancy regarding the Project in | ||||
| question. This may or may not result in a conflict of interest, depending | ||||
|  | @ -232,7 +231,7 @@ of legitimate Project expenses.</p> | |||
| </li> | ||||
| <li> | ||||
| <p><strong>Disclosure and Abstention when Conflicted.</strong> Each PLC Person | ||||
| shall disclose to his or her PLC and to Conservancy’s Executive Director | ||||
| shall disclose to their PLC and to Conservancy’s Executive Director | ||||
| any conflict of interest which he or she may have in any matter pending | ||||
| before the PLC and shall refrain from participation in any decision | ||||
| on such matter.</p> | ||||
|  | @ -285,7 +284,7 @@ conflicted PLC Person must abstain from, and must not hear nor | |||
| read the pre-vote discussions of the matter by the PLC or PLC | ||||
| sub-committee, except to disclose material facts and to respond to | ||||
| questions. The conflicted PLC Person shall not attempt to exert | ||||
| his or her personal influence with respect to the matter, either at or | ||||
| their personal influence with respect to the matter, either at or | ||||
| outside the meeting.  The conflicted PLC Person may read minutes and/or | ||||
| logs of the matter’s discussion after voting is complete.</p> | ||||
| </li> | ||||
|  | @ -390,10 +389,10 @@ Persons serve the public interest and are to have a clear understanding | |||
| of Conservancy’s charitable mission. All decisions made by Conservancy | ||||
| Persons are to be made solely on the basis of a desire to promote | ||||
| the best interests of Conservancy and the public good.</p> | ||||
| <p>This Form is to be completed every six months and submitted to the | ||||
| Chairperson of Conservancy’s Board and to Conservancy’s General Counsel.</p> | ||||
| <p>This Form is to be completed every one year and submitted to the | ||||
| Chairperson of Conservancy’s Board</p> | ||||
| <p>Date: <code>__________________________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Next Form to be completed by (six months from now): <code>__________________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Next Form to be completed by (one year from now): <code>__________________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Name: <code>__________________________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Position (employee/officer/trustee): <code>_________________________________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>I affirm the following:</p> | ||||
|  | @ -440,12 +439,12 @@ to the best of my knowledge.</p> | |||
| <h2 id="exhibit-b-project-leadership-committee-conflict-disclosure-form">Exhibit B: Project Leadership Committee Conflict Disclosure Form</h2> | ||||
| <p>Each volunteer, academic and/or industry professional that serves | ||||
| on a Conservancy Member Project’s Project Leadership Committee (PLC) | ||||
| have a duty to act in the best interests of his or her Project when | ||||
| have a duty to act in the best interests of their Project when | ||||
| making decisions about the Project’s technical direction. Every committee | ||||
| member must also abide by New York State and USA federal laws associated with non-profit | ||||
| organizational governance.</p> | ||||
| <p>Committee members must complete this form annually and submit it to | ||||
| his or her PLC and to Conservancy’s Executive Director.</p> | ||||
| their PLC and to Conservancy’s Executive Director.</p> | ||||
| <p>Date: <code>_____________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Next Form to be completed by (one year from now): <code>___________</code></p> | ||||
| <p>Name: <code>____________________________________</code></p> | ||||
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