[foundation-board] Fwd: Continuing on the OKF Board?

Fri Aug 27 22:32:22 UTC 2010

I have a conference call phone we can use, just need to set up a conference
calling service if more than one other on the line.

What time are you thinking of having the meetings? 18.00 - 19.00/20.00?

p

On 27 August 2010 18:08, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 August 2010 06:48, paula le dieu <paula at ledieu.org> wrote:
> > I have checked in with BFI and they are more than happy to host London
> board
> > meetings.
>
> Yay!
>
> That's great news, Paula, thanks. Rufus, James - I'm happy to make the
> journey to London if you are, I do think it makes things so much more
> productive to be f2f. Jo, can you start engineering some excuses to
> come to London on the alloted dates? And Paula, will there be call
> facilities if Jo can't make it down from Scotland, and to let Jonathan
> join in from Berlin?
>
> Bests
>
> Becky
>
> > Regards
> > Paula
> >
> > On 27 August 2010 05:39, Ian Brown <ian.brown at oii.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Becky. Agree F2F gets much more done. I could probably find us a
> >> venue in central London (BCS or RSA) for a reasonable rate.Or ORG might
> lend
> >> us a room...
> >>
> >> My apologies for the next meeting, I'm away until around 24 Sept.
> >>
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: foundation-board-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> >> [foundation-board-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Becky Hogge
> >> [becky.hogge at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: 23 August 2010 15:44
> >> To: rufus.pollock at okfn.org; OKF Board Mailing List
> >> Subject: Re: [foundation-board] Fwd: Continuing on the OKF Board?
> >>
> >> On 23 August 2010 14:35, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> >> >> Rufus, you took an action to lay out the next year's worth of Board
> >> >> meetings in the OKF calendar - is this now done? Are the meetings
> >> >> showing the up-to-date ones?
> >> >
> >> > I've just added these now altered calendar to have board meetings on a
> >> > quarterly basis based on 2nd tuesday of every month (was 3rd tuesday
> >> > but looking at dec thought this was bad so moved to 2nd Tuesday -- if
> >> > this is a problem for people please say!)
> >> >
> >> > Meeting are currently listed in the general OKFN Public Calendar which
> >> > is shown, for example, here:
> >> >
> >> > http://okfn.org/calendar/
> >> >
> >> So, for ease of ref, the dates are:
> >>
> >> 14 September 2010
> >> 14 December 2010
> >> 8 March 2010
> >> 14 June 2010
> >> 13 September 2010
> >> 13 December 2010
> >>
> >> What's the chance of us, as per the hope expressed at the August
> >> meeting, making these as f2f as possible? Jo, I know that might be a
> >> struggle for you (assuming we're not all able to travel to Edinburgh,
> >> that is). Venue-wise, I can of course offer Hinxton, and I imagine we
> >> might be able to make use of Panton St, too, but can anyone suggest a
> >> venue we could use in London?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Becky
> >>
> >>
> >> > Rufus
> >> >>
> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> >> From: paula le dieu <paula at ledieu.org>
> >> >> Date: 16 August 2010 12:10
> >> >> Subject: Re: Continuing on the OKF Board?
> >> >> To: Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello :)
> >> >> I confess I have been following in the background all the fantastic
> >> >> things that have been going on with OKFN - a fabulous win for you all
> >> >> and a complete turnaround from the financial and project profile of
> >> >> last year.
> >> >> I would be delighted to stay involved. It sounds as if the new
> >> >> structure could work much better for me as I can formally secure a
> >> >> quarterly commitment with work. It is now a year at the BFI and I
> hope
> >> >> that I will be able to come out of the rabbit hole a bit more ...
> >> >> although balance has never been one of my strengths I would like to
> >> >> try and once again engage with the wider world.
> >> >> Thanks for sticking with me - very grateful for the Board's ongoing
> >> >> support.
> >> >> p
> >> >> x
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 13 August 2010 11:53, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Dear Paula
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It's such a shame you missed the face-to-face Board meeting
> yesterday
> >> >>> - I think you would have loved to be there. It's seems strange that
> >> >>> only last year we were talking about in the abstract what this
> year's
> >> >>> come seriously to fruition.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I have been asked to write to you and ask whether you still want to
> be
> >> >>> on the Board of Directors. When you joined, you showed us what a
> great
> >> >>> contribution you could make to OKF, and everyone on the Board would
> >> >>> still really value your participation. You warned us when you
> started
> >> >>> your new job that it would take you out of action, and so this email
> >> >>> is partly to ask whether that period is now over, and partly to say,
> >> >>> even though it feels like it's been a long time, we'd love to have
> you
> >> >>> back :)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> In terms of how the Board's operating, changes are afoot. We've
> >> >>> elected to strip back the role of the Board to its formal functions,
> >> >>> and to move Board meetings to a quarterly framework. We've spotted
> >> >>> ways to improve internal processes so that Board members are in
> >> >>> receipt of management accounts and activity reports ahead of
> meetings.
> >> >>> A new Project Coordination committee, which Jo Walsh is chairing,
> has
> >> >>> been established out of project leads picked from various activities
> >> >>> around the network, and is emerging as the kind of collaborative
> >> >>> governance space that I think suits the vision of OKF's founders,
> >> >>> without compromising the financial and legal health of an
> organisation
> >> >>> that now has around £100K in the bank. At this year's f2f meeting,
> we
> >> >>> voted to make around £5K available to the coordination committee as
> an
> >> >>> experimental funding pot - possibly even as seed money for a
> >> >>> micro-loan system - to see how they might establish processes for
> >> >>> distributing OKF's operating surplus to projects less likely to
> >> >>> receive direct funding.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> There should be really exciting times ahead, and we would all really
> >> >>> welcome your expertise as we see how these changes pan out. What do
> >> >>> you think? The next meeting is on 21 September, with following
> >> >>> meetings in December, March 2011 and June 2011.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Much love
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Becky
> >> >>
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