[foundation-board] Invitation to join the OKF Board

Tue Jul 26 12:34:24 UTC 2011

That's great news, welcome, Ben!

Jason, are you able to begin the process of formally listing Ben as an
non-Exec, and then giving him access to the mailing list and other
Board areas of the website?

Ben, please bear with us while we deal with the formalities. I'll be
in touch soon with links to some materials that will give you some
background on our work and future plans.

The next OKF Board meeting is on the 13th September - please note it
in your diary. It will likely take place at Paula's offices in Central
London.

Looking forward to working with you

Becky

On 26 July 2011 12:57, Ben Laurie <ben at links.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>