One suggestion below. Rufus Pollock wrote: > I know many people find goverance/structure stuff a bit dull but > please don't be put off -- this is important stuff if you're > interested in the OKF and its activities! > > The OKF has had a governance document from the inception: > <http://www.okfn.org/goverance/> > > However, due to our small size much of what has been in there has been > implemented informally rather than formally. It is now time be a bit > more formal in how we organize the community. Not only is this > important in itself but it should also provide greater clarity as to > what is going on, who is involved etc. > > The proposed setup is as follows: > > 1. There are "Network Members" of the OKF. Anyone may become a network > member but membership must be approved by the Projects Committee (see > next item). In general, Network Members are expected to be actively > involved in one or more projects or working groups. > > 2. There is a Projects Committee which is elected by Network Members > from among the Network Members on an annual basis. It deals with all > project and working group related matters including incubating, > approving, retiring project and working groups, monitoring their > progress, etc. > > 3. The Project Committee has regular monthly meetings via irc, e.g. on > the second Tuesday of every month. > > 4. To bootstrap this process the Board will appoint an initial set of > Network Members and a Projects Committee. All current working group > and project members will be automatically be invited to become network > members. >
It's a good idea for the Board membership to have term limits. In addition, the Board needs a bit of community memory. One way to achieve this is to replace only a fraction of the members at each election. For example, with a three-person Board: if terms are two years; then replacements alternate between one member one year and two members the next, then one member the next, and so on. I think the following will start this up correctly: Year 0: A, B, and C are appointed (A,B,C). Year 1, A is replaced with D (D,B,C). Year 2, B and C are replaced with E and F (D,E,F). Year 3, D is replaced with G (G,E,F), and so on. If three members and three year terms then each year replaces one board member. Start up: Year 0: (A,B,C) Year 1: replace A with D (D,B,C) Year 2: replace B with E (D,E,C) Year 3: replace C with F (D,E,F) Year 4: replace D with G (G,E,F), and so on. Regards, Bill Anderson > What do people think? What is good/bad, in need of amendment or clarification? > > Regards, > > Rufus Pollock > > ## Background to this > > Discussion over the summer indicated that clearer structure and > governance is needed, see: > > <http://wiki.okfn.org/Vision/Structure> > > plus last email on this subject: > http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2009-October/001675.html > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >
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