Question for the New Committee (Commerical Business links)

[The_Street_Searchers]

Do any of you have commercial business linked to geocaching?

If so....

1) how will you ensure the GAGB does not become an extension of your advertising?

2) how will you encourage / support / allow other businesses that operate in your market space which may benifit GAGB members?

For other committee members and chair person - Do you view it as a conflict of interest that GAGB committee members have commercial businesses linked to geocaching?

Thanks

Chris

[richlay]

I nominated Adam who runs UKCacheMag. I don't see it as a conflict of interest, I see it as an opportunity to get the GAGB message out to his readers. I hope that he would do that whatever the outcome

I would like to think that all of the nominees would play the game fairly but I'd have no qualms in telling them if I thought they weren't.

[Fudgeman]

I don't have links to any commercial business.

I think it would be a mistake to have a commercial interest linked to Geocaching whilst on the committee as any interaction between the two could then be misconstrued.

[daddyanddude]

I run a geocaching shop... I don't see any conflict I encourage people to join the gagb and have signs in the shop and a leaflet that promote the gagb . I also think it is a good idea for the gagb to have a web shop selling merchandise to raise funds.

[The_Street_Searchers]

I run a geocaching shop... I don't see any conflict I encourage people to join the gagb and have signs in the shop and a leaflet that promote the gagb . I also think it is a good idea for the gagb to have a web shop selling merchandise to raise funds.

And would you propose to run that from your own shop?

[daddyanddude]

And would you propose to run that from your own shop?

NO the gagb would run it on their website,

[Poole_Man]

Do any of you have commercial business linked to geocaching?

If so....

1) how will you ensure the GAGB does not become an extension of your advertising?

2) how will you encourage / support / allow other businesses that operate in your market space which may benifit GAGB members?

For other committee members and chair person - Do you view it as a conflict of interest that GAGB committee members have commercial businesses linked to geocaching?

Thanks

Chris

At this time I do not have a business directly related to Geocaching, this may change in the future but if it does I will report this as a confidential item to the GAGB Chairman.

I have business interests jointly with two other directors, who are not members of my family and not active in Geocaching, in a web design and hosting business which is where my experience in web design comes from.

We are proud to say that as a company we work ethically in everything we do when trying to obtain work from any individual, company or organization.

I would not use GAGB in anyway to make a financial gain for the web design business as that would be unethical and a conflict of interest.

In the spirit of full disclosure to a would be client I would state that I am a member of the Committee only if for reasons of trying to get my client to add links to their website to the GAGB website, Facebook or Twitter or to get the client to possibly work with GAGB.

I would report any such contact with a client in confidential memo to the GAGB Chairman.

I would like to think that all other Committee members would have the same views as me and report any interests or approaches to the GAGB Chairman in confidence.

Paul

[Dorsetgal]

At this time I do not have a business directly related to Geocaching, this may change in the future but if it does I will report this as a confidential item to the GAGB Chairman.

Why confidentially please?

[UKCACHEMAG]

Many of you know I run a magazine all about geocaching - I do this to promote the hobby and have offered many times to do what I can to promote GAGB in that magazine, as i do for events and retailers.

I get invited to speak at a number of events about geocaching and would also promote GAGB in the same way.

[Poole_Man]

Why confidentially please?

The details of the privately owned business which I am a Director of would require information passed to GAGB to be kept confidential where it concerns another business we are working with.

But if elected to the GAGB Committee I am willing while in post to let the Chair know of anything that might be deemed to be a conflict of interest if I wasn't to inform GAGB.

I would not expect GAGB to reveal information provided, I would expect it to be kept confidential, and I am sure any client of the company wouldn't wish to have me publicly divulge their business.

Paul

[abiherts]

I do not run any commercial business but think that the committee should be kept informed of anyone on the team who does just incase of any conflict.

[*geocass*]

For other committee members and chair person - Do you view it as a conflict of interest that GAGB committee members have commercial businesses linked to geocaching?

I don't have any commercial business linked to caching, however I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing if a committee member does have such a thing as it could help towards promoting the GAGB.