[foundation-board] Engagement of a new (additional) Foundation Coordinator

Fri Nov 4 14:53:59 UTC 2011

On 4 November 2011 12:31, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 November 2011 20:36, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> On 3 November 2011 10:26, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2 November 2011 22:26, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The main point is that the role of Foundation Coordinator has grown significantly since I first interviewed for it last year. OKF has grown massively, the field has grown and the job has developed. The scope for coordination and keeping on top of the multitude of OKF projects and people means that it really needs to be a full time gig as much as is possible [1].
>>>
>>> Having met Laura during the recruitment process last year, I'm pleased
>>> to hear that she's available to work with OKF. But I'm concerned that
>>> her not being able to commit full time might be at odds with the
>>> description of the role as Jason has set it out here.
>>
>> At the moment she has committed to 4d a week from January (and could
>> do fulltime once she has the makespace she is setting up in Cambridge
>> sorted out).
>
> That's good to know.
>
> Just throwing this out there, but have you considered having OKF
> sponsor the Makespace in some small way, such that we might be able to
> situate some desks there, and have Laura feel a bit less disjointed
> when she's running things for both the Makespace and OKF? I note we
> now have offices in Berlin and London...

We already have plans to use this space :-) though discussion of
payment had not yet come up. At the moment 37 Panton Street is our
temp office!

Rufus