[Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

[Amy Terlaga]

Not right away, but over time, and if the Board invests well.

 

Here's a concern - that organizations won't see a benefit to joining at $100
if they can get individuals to get in the door at $10.

 

 

 

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From: evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
Of Lori Bowen Ayre
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:48 PM
To: Corridan, Jim (ICPR)
Cc: evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

Hmmmm, I don't see the dues structure is going to be able to cover Oversight
Board member expenses per...

 

Section 3.2 (Compensation).  

Board members shall serve without compensation.  However, board members may
be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred while engaging in activities
directly related to and benefitting the Foundation.  Such expenses must be
approved for payment in advance by a majority of the board. 

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Corridan, Jim (ICPR)
<jcorridan at icpr.in.gov> wrote:

Governance Group:

 

Attached is a revision of the Rules of Governance.  The revisions reflect
comments from the two most recent meetings and an attempt to have the
Foundation serve as the single unified organization for Evergreen.  In
addition to some minor language clean up, the major changes to this version
of the Rules of Governance are:

 

*	Clarification that one of the Foundation's purposes is to serve as
the community's user's group
*	A dues structure has been added.  The dues are low enough ($10 for
individuals and $100 for institutions) that contributors should not balk at
having to pay to support the foundation, whether that contributor is a board
member, developer, committee member, library, etc.
*	A Code Committing Committee has been added in recognition of the
comments made by the Software Conservancy (about Equinox) and various
governance committee members in recent meetings, so that the Foundation will
have some input with regard to Evergreen code      
*	Membership is open to anyone who wants to join and is willing to pay
the membership fee.  
*	Eligibility criteria for board membership now includes the language
that was originally required for Evergreen Foundation Membership.  

 

Probably by December we need to come to some sort of agreement so that we
have an authoritative board with an established Chairperson who will have
the authority to sign the agreement with SFC on behalf of the Foundation,
and also so there is time to get the committees up and running in
preparation for the elections at the annual meeting, among other things.
Let's keep in mind that the board (both the Initial Board and regular
Oversight Board) does have the power to modify the Rules of Governance in
the immediate and long term future if something isn't working.  

 

Jim

 


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