[foundation-board] board discussion: FC tasks and Chapters

Wed Mar 14 10:35:18 UTC 2012

I approve each of these.

Rufus

On 14 March 2012 09:59, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
> The following items relating to staffing have been pulled from the board
> agenda into email at Martin and Becky's request. I think that most of these
> require fairly straightforward approval/rejection, so I have set them out
> below in a form which I hope will make it straightforward for each board
> member to respond to each line item.
>
> Please note that as we have 7 board members, a majority of 4 is needed to
> approve any item.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Laura
>
>
>
>
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>
> Request that Foundation Coordinators to be set target to create role
> descriptions for all contractors and to review pay rates, both to be
> implemented before end 2012 (in response to issues detailed in Foundation
> Coordinator report)
>
>
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>
> Request that the board consider creation of a renumeration committee (in
> response to issues detailed in Foundation Coordinator report)
>
>
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>
> Request that the board to agree to the executive team dedicating significant
> time to strategy development in the near term as a priority, which may mean
> that other activities such as management of individual projects, conversion
> of contractors to employees, process improvements, etc, are put on hold or
> done to a very basic level for this period. This will ensure the strategy is
> developed as quickly as possible whilst maintaining basic operational
> management at a level similar to that offered during the first 2 months of
> 2012.
>
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>
> Belgium:  Chapter incorporation
>
> 1) Request for confirmation that we are happy to move to sign an MOU
> following the standard template
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x8hvgLhklXma7bS0dKgJL9Xs2-Q6xlWgu2JV3S-oJGg/edit
> (Recommendation from Laura&Kat:  that we accept Belgium as a chapter. They
> are a robust group we've worked with extensively.  Their incorporation
> articles were reviewed by Laura and look acceptable within the MOU
> requirements.)
>
> 2) We have the option of nominating someone to their board as part of the
> MOU. Do the board wish to take this up and nominate someone, and if so
> whom?   (Recommendation from Laura&Kat: this is very much down to the board
> to choose, but we are very confident in the professionalism of the team not
> to need close supervision. )
>
> 3) Request from the local group for central funds to pay for travel costs
> for a high profile international speaker at a big event they are running
> http://appsforghent.be to help boost their profile. Speaker TBC.
> (Recommendation from Laura&Kat:  accept this request subject to it being a
> reasonable amount & an estimate being received before we confirm. (funding
> from Omidyar chapter support pot))
>
>
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>
> Austria:  Chapter incorporation
>
> 1) Request for confirmation that we are happy to move to sign an MOU
> following the standard template
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x8hvgLhklXma7bS0dKgJL9Xs2-Q6xlWgu2JV3S-oJGg/edit
> (Recommendation from Laura&Kat:  that we accept Austria as a chapter. They
> are an active local group and have been for some time.)
>
> 2) We have the option of nominating someone to their board as part of the
> MOU. Do the board wish to take this up and nominate someone, and if so
> whom?  (Recommendation from Laura&Kat: this is very much down to the board
> to choose, but we are confident in the competance of the group not to need
> close supervision. )
>
>
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>
> Switzerland:  Chapter incorporation
>
>
> 1) Request for confirmation that we are happy to move to sign an MOU
> following the standard template
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x8hvgLhklXma7bS0dKgJL9Xs2-Q6xlWgu2JV3S-oJGg/edit
> (Recommendation from Laura&Kat:  that we accept Austria as a chapter. They
> are an active local group, we've met them and they seem competant.)
>
> 2) We have the option of nominating someone to their board as part of the
> MOU. Do the board wish to take this up and nominate someone, and if so
> whom?   (Recommendation from Laura&Kat: this is very much down to the board
> to choose, but we are confident in the competance of the people involved not
> to need close supervision. )
>
>
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