[foundation-board] Charitable Incorporation ASAP

Mon Dec 7 08:34:15 UTC 2015

Yes

On 1 Dec 2015, at 09:27, Naomi Lillie <naomi.lillie at okfn.org> wrote:

> For formal agreement: Special Resolution for Open Knowledge to become a charity, and Draft Articles of Association for the charity.
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> Once agreed I will date and send to Karin for the signature.
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> Naomi
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> On 30 November 2015 at 18:46, Karin Christiansen <karin at karinchristiansen.org> wrote:
> Great, so can I the formally propose that we adopted the new articles as proposed (Naomi could you please send around)
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> We do need all voting members of the board to agree this, so once they have been recirculated could everyone vote by just responding with a yes or no.
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> Thanks. 
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> On 30 Nov 2015 13:42, "Helen Turvey" <helen.turvey at shuttleworthfoundation.org> wrote:
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> +1, HT
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> On 30/11/2015 10:38, Tim Hubbard wrote:
> > Keeping it as it is is also fine by me. Best wishes, Tim
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> > On 30 Nov 2015, at 10:07, Jane Silber <jane.silber at canonical.com>
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> >> Hi -
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> >> On 30/11/15 09:47, Naomi Lillie wrote:
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> The agreement for Open Knowledge to become a charity is now
> >>> urgent, given Pavel's funding discussions. The deadline for
> >>> resolving this is ASAP.
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> >>> There is one query already raised: Karin said, in answer to the
> >>> question of what currently constitutes quorum for the Board, "2
> >>> / But is one of the issue that I am wondering if we want to
> >>> increase it in the new articles."
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> >>> What are the opinions of others on this?
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> >> I think we shouldn't increase it until/unless the size of the
> >> board is increased.
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> >> Jane
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