[foundation-board] Invitation to join the OKF Board

Tue Jul 26 11:57:32 UTC 2011

I am very happy to accept this invitation. Thanks!

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Ben
>
> I'm writing to formally ask you to consider joining the Open Knowledge
> Foundation as a non-Executive Director and member of the Foundation
> Board. The organisation is in the middle of a period of rapid change
> and the Board would welcome the contribution your expertise would
> bring, in particular in guiding us through structuring an organisation
> that is accountable to its community.
>
> At a minimum, OKF asks potential new Board members to commit to the
> following before they accept an invitation to join the Board:
>
> -Assuming collective responsibility for financial and legal probity of
> organisation
>
> -Promoting the organisation and its goals
>
> -Attending quarterly board meetings (We want Board members to attend
> all four each year, but appreciate that circumstances might prevent
> this. Remote participation is available. Absent mitigating factors, a
> minimum expectation would be 3/4 board meetings, so long as meetings
> were calendared sufficiently far in advance)
>
> -Reviewing 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)
>
> We also invite Board members to attend the annual Open Knowledge
> Conference, which this year was held in Berlin.
>
> You can find out who else is on the OKF board here:
> http://okfn.org/about/board/#board-of-directors
>
> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I
> look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Becky Hogge
> Non-executive Director, Open Knowledge Foundation
>
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