[foundation-board] Board member minimum requirements

[Becky Hogge]

Further to last, I will email Ben on Tuesday if I haven't heard
anything by close of play Monday.

Ta

Becky

On 18 July 2011 09:49, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Paula has called this policy "spot on" on a separate thread. Anyone
> else want to pitch in before I put it in front of Ben? Jordan? Martin?
> James?
>
> Cheers
>
> Becky
>
> On 13 July 2011 19:29, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> 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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>>
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