[foundation-board] Face to face Board meeting this Thursday

Mon Aug 9 17:10:38 UTC 2010

I am sorry - I think you already know but just in case. I cannot make it to
the f2f on Thursday.

regards
Paula

On 9 August 2010 09:11, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Board members
>
> Is everybody still on for the face-to-face Board meeting this
> Thursday? Please can you RSVP, as I've had pretty much radio silence
> since we landed on the 12th as a date last week.
>
> If all is still going to plan, I think it's time we started building
> an agenda. I also suggest that we try and roll in agenda items for our
> regular 17 August board meeting into this meeting so we can all take
> that Tuesday evening off. Let me know if you're in favour.
>
> It's been suggested that the meeting start at 11am.
>
> I've started a draft Agenda here:
> http://okfn.org/board/wiki/BoardMeetings/2010-08-12
>
> Rufus plans to bring a set of working management accounts to the
> meeting. My feeling is that we should set aside at least an hour to go
> over these, and I'd certainly benefit from either seeing them in
> advance or some sort of presentation from Rufus/Martin on the day (or
> preferably, both).
>
> I think it would also be good to go through OKF's commitments for
> 2010-2011 and make sure the organisation has the resources it needs to
> meet them.
>
> Finally, I'd like to have a discussion about governance. I'm acutely
> aware that although the Board takes ultimate responsibility for the
> financial and legal health of the organisation, it's very unclear to
> whom we delegate that responsibility in the day-to-day and, therefore,
> from whom we seek reports and, ultimately, accountability at our
> quarterly board meetings.
>
> This is already a lot to get through, so please do let me know if you
> think I'm jumping the gun with any of these suggestions, and please
> come forward with suggestions of your own.
>
> Cheers
>
> Becky
>
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