[Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

[Watson, Sylvia]

Maybe the group would feel more comfortable with individual memberships only, as opposed to group memberships.  However, I question the relevancy of membership at all if all the Foundation is going to do is hold assets and nothing else.  For what purpose would someone want to join the Evergreen Software Foundation or donate to the Foundation if all it does is hold assets?



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Subject: Re: [Evergreen-governance-l] Proposed New Governance Changes

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
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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<mailto: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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