[foundation-board] Invitation to join the OKF Board

Wed Jul 27 13:17:07 UTC 2011

Dear Ben

Welcome to the OKF board :-)

Can I have (off-list) your full name, country of residence, nationality, business occupation, residential address (or preferred physical address) for registration as a director with Companies House.

I am adding you to the board list in a moment.

All the best,
Jason

On 26 Jul 2011, at 13:34, Becky Hogge 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.
> 
> 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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