[foundation-board] Invitation to join the OKF Board

Tue Jul 26 13:30:13 UTC 2011

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Cool. What time? Given I'll still be living in Wales by that time I'll
probably have to dial in, but perhaps we can coordinate a run to
London/Cambridge with it...

>
> 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
> >
> >
>
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