[foundation-board] FOR RESPONSE: Follow up from call today

Thu Jun 12 21:15:16 UTC 2014

Good evening Karin and the wider OK Board, Rufus, Laura - 

Pleased to hear the call was good yesterday.  And well done everyone, fabulous effort on the Morris report.  I hope you all see it that way.

What is it about that guy Morris - he has a very likeable way, he's smooth, he has a great knack of presenting a taut case, but unerringly favourable.

Should we attempt a get together to thank him . . . before the funding decision ?

Re your points Karin:-

1.  I think the board should meet without Rufus and Laura from time to time as a matter of course, much as we aren't up to much without them telling us what the business is doing it will help us as a team to not always be driven by / reacting to what is typically primarily their agenda.  I think we need to get a bit tighter with each other once in a while.  I'm happy to attend a call before 2nd July e.g. any Tuesday or Wednesday evening from 7:30pm. At the very least it would be a good chance to slag off Rufus for something I can't yet think of.

2.  I am very happy to look things over and offer any feedback I may be able to muster, and very well done on finding possible funders, Karin, hats off, bravo.

Best,
Tom

On 11 Jun 2014, at 19:46, Karin Christiansen <k.christiansen at party.coop> wrote:

> Dear All
>  
> Very constructive call with Rufus and Laura.
>  
> 1.       Morris’ evaluation – I have asked Rufus and Laura to give me their thoughts, but do we need or want to have a Board conversation about this (with or without them – they offered)?  This could be at our 2nd July meeting or would a call before be better.
>  
> 2.       Organisational development project proposal – I will follow up will a couple of funders who have indicated that would consider supporting this (OSF and Indigo).  We have just pulled together a draft proposal based on all the stuff you have already seen.  Let us know if you want to see it, but we will progress this over the next few days.
>  
> Best
> Karin
>  
> From: Karin Christiansen 
> Sent: 11 June 2014 18:49
> To: OKF Board Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [foundation-board] Evaluation report
>  
> Hi All, just wanted to check if anyone else is joining us on the call this evening/now.  We have apologies form Tom and Chris.
>  
> Karin
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> From: foundation-board [mailto:foundation-board-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Laura James
> Sent: 11 June 2014 18:22
> To: OKF Board Mailing List
> Subject: [foundation-board] Evaluation report
>  
> All, 
>  
> Please find attached Morris's report. This is not for wider sharing at this time. 
>  
> I imagine we will want to discuss once we've all had time to digest it and - after tonight's call - I will send around a doodle for a call/meeting.
>  
> Laura
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