[Evergreen-governance-l] Notice of Evergreen Foundation Committee Meeting; April 30, 2011 (Proposed Message to Evergreen Community)

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Elizabeth,

Excellent.  One thing I'd like to see added is a sentence about the
protection of Evergreen assets provided by our membership with SFC.  I think
that's an important thing for people to understand right away (to reduce the
'why SFC and not a foundation' bubbles from popping up above everyone's
heads.)

And yes, I think we should stop using "foundation."  I guess we all need to
practice referring to our membership instead of our foundation....

Lori

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:05 PM, McKinney, Elizabeth <
emckinney at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

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> Below is a proposed email to the community regarding the upcoming evergreen
> Foundation Committee Meeting.  (That name was listed on the agenda. Do we
> want to change it?)
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> Dear Evergreen Community Members,
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> At the 2010 Evergreen Conference in Grand Rapids several of us were charged
> with moving forward with the idea of an Evergreen Foundation.  We formed the
> interim Governance Committee and proceeded with finding a way to form a
> non-profit entity that would allow for community growth and cooperative
> efforts.
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> The Committee will host an open meeting at the upcoming Evergreen
> Conference in Decatur, GA on Saturday, April 30, 2011 to give an account of
> our work during the past year. See agenda below. We are submitting documents
> for your review prior to this meeting.
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> The Committee is set to sign an agreement with the Software Freedom
> Conservancy.  The conservancy provides a non-profit home and infrastructure
> for open-source projects. Details of this agreement can be found at <link to
> SFC documents>
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> The Committee has developed a Rules of Governance document.  These skeletal
> rules will help us to move forward in a structured way and can be fleshed
> out as we move forward with a permanent structure.  We are required to have
> a minimal set of rules for governance in order to take advantage of the
> services of the Software Freedom Conservancy.  You can review the most
> recent version of the Evergreen Oversight Board Rules of Governance at <link
> to Governance documents>
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> Evergreen Foundation Committee Meeting
> Agenda
> April 30, 2011; 11:45-12:30
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> I.      Welcome and Introduction of Board Members
> II.     Board Reports; Update on the past year
>        -Communications Committee
>        -Conference Committee
>        -Other Committees or Community entities?
>        -Account of Work Completed
>          Software Freedom Conservancy
>          Rules of Governance
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> III.    Open Discussion/Questions
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> IV.     Adjournment
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> We look forward to hosting our first committee meeting and hope that you
> can join us in Decatur.
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> The Interim Evergreen Governance Committee
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