In the last two months, both John Viola (former Director of Finance, B&F Committee Member, and now Treasurer) as well as the Budget and Finance Committee have recommended that OPA solicit RFP’s for outsourced management in a manner where cost data can be provided in a consistent manner with software proposals, as well as from a minimum of three vendors so that a similar detailed analysis regarding outsourcing can be performed. Rumor has it that certain directors are trying to fast track a partial comparison without this process to push a vote through at the July board meeting for Northstar.

As a sitting board member, should a motion to approve NorthStar appear on the agenda for the July board meeting, will you vote to approve that purchase? The same rumor had it that you were pushing for some partial evaluation of Legum and Norman's software only so that you could complete due diligence this month and not risk the next board overturning the process for not following the B&F recommendation, even though that recommended process from B&F has not even been started based on published RFP's.

Brett