[Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

[Amy Terlaga]

That gives a lot of power to the Board.

 

Just sayin'.

 

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From: Watson, Sylvia [mailto:sywatson at library.IN.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:36 PM
To: Amy Terlaga; Corridan, Jim (ICPR);
evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: RE: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

The "or" is intentional.  It is written such that 2/3 of either body can
vote to change the rules of governance. 

 

From: Amy Terlaga [mailto:terlaga at biblio.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:28 PM
To: Watson, Sylvia; Corridan, Jim (ICPR);
evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: RE: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

Also, could someone clarify for me what this means?

 

ARTICLE VI.  ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS

 

(b)These Rules of Governance may be amended when necessary by an affirmative
vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Oversight Board or by
two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Foundation Members.  

What does the 'or' mean in this sentence?  Shouldn't that be an 'and'
instead?

 

 

 

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From: Watson, Sylvia [mailto:sywatson at library.IN.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:27 PM
To: Amy Terlaga; Corridan, Jim (ICPR);
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Subject: RE: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

Take a look at this.language has been modified to read that an "Evergreen
Consortium" should be recognized on the board.  This could be a library or
the administrative headquarters.  

Thanks, 

Sylvia

 

 

From: evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
Of Amy Terlaga
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:22 PM
To: Corridan, Jim (ICPR); evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

Jim-

 

Section 3.3 (Composition) is still missing additional wording regarding
consortial hq staff:

 

(i)        academic library

(ii)      public library

(iii)    independent library that is not part of a consortium

(iv)    library that is a member of an Evergreen consortium<== This needs
updating

(v)      library located outside of the United States

(vi)    state library

 

 

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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 Corridan, Jim (ICPR)
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:05 PM
To: evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

 

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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