Question 6: Do you have a role on other travel sites?
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum?
Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? Delta747 |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum?
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT?
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? 2. Yes it could be a conflict of interest if it was a site identical to flyertalk, but would have to be examined on a case by case basis. |
(1) No.
(2) It could be. It's something that should be handled on a case-by-case basis, in my opinion. If the member has a financial stake in a site that could take members away from FT, then I think it's a conflict of interest that should preclude the member from serving. I don't think this is a problem now, though. |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? The Balance of the Post has been edited and submitted to the Community Director |
No I am not involved with any other travel forums.
I think Flyertalk is so well known and respected now in the industry that no other travel type forum comes close. However I do believe you cannot do a role effectively if you spend time on multiple forums and certainly not in any voting or management decisions. |
I do not hold any role or have any financial interest in any other forum of any kind.
Although the TalkBoard does not really have any kind of influence on decisions that would be affected by a conflict of interest, it absolutely makes sense to me that accepting a leadership role here is best served by being free from any influences or interest in a competitor of FlyerTalk. I have on occasion posted on other forums (some travel-related) on the Internet, but FlyerTalk has always been and will continue to be by far my primary home community. |
I cannot say that I do. I am a member of Airliners.net but haven't posted there in over a year.
I can see the worry about a conflict of interest but I do not think there should be limits on whether a Talk Board member can also serve in an administrative capacity elsewhere. I'd like to think that everyone running for this post is mature and trustworthy enough to know to keep their business here separate from their business elsewhere. |
Originally Posted by CMK10
(Post 17396039)
I cannot say that I do. I am a member of Airliners.net but haven't posted there in over a year.
I can see the worry about a conflict of interest but I do not think there should be limits on whether a Talk Board member can also serve in an administrative capacity elsewhere. I'd like to think that everyone running for this post is mature and trustworthy enough to know to keep their business here separate from their business elsewhere. To me, though, this is more of an academic question. It's up to the member to disclose such a connection and stay away from a leadership role if he/she chooses. |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17394091)
From a member:
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? |
Are you an administrator, moderator, or do you hold any financial interest for any other travel-related web site and/or travel discussion forum? Do you believe that a TB member who holds such a position would have a conflict of interest, or at the least, give the appearance of a conflict of interest with FT? Now I'm gonna go out on a limb (and probably get myself in trouble ;)) but I'll extend the subject of conflict of interest to forum moderators also being members of Talkboard and vice-versa and say that imho, that should not be allowed as for simplicity’s sake, one makes the rules and the other enforces the rules and imho, never the two should be combined. |
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