[foundation-board] Board member minimum requirements

Wed Jul 13 18:29:14 UTC 2011

Think this looks great Becky and don't have anything specifically to
add - like you I think attendance at OKCon would be great but probably
can't be mandatory.

rufus

On 13 July 2011 18:46, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey
>
> On the back of my suggestion of Ben Laurie as a new board member at
> OKF, I was asked to draft some minimum requirements for Board members
> at our last meeting. Here goes:
>
> -Assume collective responsibility for financial and legal probity of
> organisation
>
> -Promote the organisation and its goals
>
> -Attendance of quarterly board meetings (We want Board members to
> attend all four each year, but appreciate that circumstances might
> prevent this. Absent mitigating factors, a minimum expectation would
> be 3/4 board meetings, so long as meetings were calendared
> sufficiently far in advance)
>
> -Review of materials ahead of Board meetings
>
> -Reading our email list (approx 100 threads/year currently, likely to
> decline) and responding where you have specific expertise
>
> -Participating in email list votes from time to time (roughly six of
> these per year)
>
> I was tempted to add "attending OKCon", but have resisted the
> temptation because, although it was great to have us all f2f there
> last month, if we want to recruit more "arms-length" board members, I
> don't think we should require this. Also, if we make it a requirement,
> OKF might have to pay our travel expenses next time!
>
> Feedback welcome, all best
>
> Becky
>
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