[foundation-board] OKI Chairty application progression - approval needed to progress without Paula

Thu Feb 4 14:25:34 UTC 2016

Thanks all, prompt responses much appreciated.

I'll follow up with the lawyers and let you know any next steps for this
group.

Regards,
Naomi

On 4 February 2016 at 13:24, Karin Christiansen <karin at karinchristiansen.org
> wrote:

> Great. Thanks all. And for the prompt replies.
>
> For the sake of the legal stuff to be clear this is a proposal by me as
> Chair.
> On 4 Feb 2016 13:11, "Tim Hubbard" <timjph at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Fine by me
>> Best wishes,
>> Tim
>>
>> On 4 Feb 2016, at 11:16, Naomi Lillie <naomi.lillie at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Board,
>> CC Martin and Pavel,
>>
>> We have not been able to communicate with Paula in recent months, which
>> means Paula has not provided her details for Trusteeship, and as such the
>> charity application process is stalled. Helen was able to make contact, and
>> understands that Paula is out of action due to being unwell.
>>
>> For expediency's sake, the proposal is to progress the Charity
>> application with the 4 other Board of Directors members 'transfering' to
>> Board of Trustees, adding Paula at a later stage. Unfortunately this
>> requires the removal of Paula as a Board member at this point, as all Board
>> members automatically become Trustees as part of the charity application
>> process.
>>
>> This is a 'quick fix' to progress the charity application, with the
>> intention of reinstating Paula at a later stage.
>>
>> Please reply to indicate whether you approve or disagree with this
>> proposal, and I'll be happy to arrange a Hangout if a dicussion would be
>> useful.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Naomi
>>
>>
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