[Evergreen-governance-l] Draft rules of governance for a morefocused Foundation

[Amy Terlaga]

Coming late to this discussion (I was out of town on Friday):

>I think a supermajority of 5 strikes the right balance in keeping the
foundation focused on its initial purpose while allowing for judicious
expansion of that purpose if the broader community decides to go in that
direction.

I concur.  Progress!

Okay, now to read Dan's proposed governance rules ...

Amy

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-----Original Message-----
From: evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:evergreen-governance-l-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
Of Galen Charlton
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:15 PM
To: Dan Scott
Cc: Watson, Sylvia; evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-governance-l] Draft rules of governance for a
morefocused Foundation

Hi,

On Oct 22, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Dan Scott wrote:

> I'm not stuck on the idea of requiring a
> a majority!

Er, there is no cabal? :)  I assume you mean that you're not stuck on the
idea of requiring a unanimous vote.

While I think a board could readily achieve consensus on matters concerning
assets like the trademark and domains, clearly there will be decisions that
a board will not achieve consensus on.  I think a supermajority of 5 strikes
the right balance in keeping the foundation focused on its initial purpose
while allowing for judicious  expansion of that purpose if the broader
community decides to go in that direction.

Regards,

Galen
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