Hello,
sorry for spamming you so massively today, but I want to use the free
day to get some formal things done for TDF.
The current statutes (which you will soon have in a translated English
version) foresee, as it is a legal requirement in Germany, that there
will be two chairmen: One chairman and one deputy.
I know we had a discussion on this topic quite some months ago, and
before you are surprised that it comes up again, be advised that
contrary to the original plannings, the role does not have additional
rights.
The draft mainly foresees that for legally representing the foundation
towards third parties, the chairman and some other BoD member has to
sign the contract, and in case the chairman cannot, the deputy does. So,
for any contract, it cannot be signed without the chairman, like it is
common practice in many associations as well (FrODeV has a similar
rule), except in cases there are individual warrants, which is possible
with our statutes.
Naturally, the chairmen will also be the first point of contact for
authorities and other boring legal stuff. ;-) (Read: In case the tax
authorities need information, they will first ping you. In case the
foundation authorities have issues or questions, you will be the first
who gets pinged. Etc.) Basically, that's it, there are no further rights
or duties, no more merits and no stronger voice, but you will see that
when we will have the translation ready.
The statues do not set explicit rules on whom to appoint, they just
foresee that the BoD appoints two of its members to these roles. NB:
Deputies can, to my understanding, *not* be appointed chairmen.
Some proposed (and IMHO, we had this at least in one early bylaws draft)
that those who had been elected with the most votes should be appointed
automatically. However, not automatically those who have most votes want
to run for that role, so I propose that everyone of the newly elected
BoD thinks whether he wants to get appointed, and we discuss it. Only if
several people run and cannot agree on two candidates, we might switch
back to the "most votes" model.
Best is to wait until the translation is ready so we have the same
understanding of the topic, since the term chairman might raise some
confusion, but I wanted to make you aware of it already.
Florian
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