I am not interested but I will ask questions for others. :) How much work is required to be on the board?
What responsibilities are there? Is there anything other information which you can provide for anyone interested in this responsibility? > On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Sean Egan <seane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I sent this e-mail last week, but it looks like maybe this list only accepts > mail from subscribers? I subscribed, so hopefully this gets through. > > Apologies if you already got this, but we'd really like to have an Adium > representative on the board. > > Thanks, > -Sean. > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sean Egan <seane...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM > Subject: IM Freedom Board Elections > To: discuss...@imfreedom.org <discuss...@imfreedom.org>, bo...@imfreedom.org > <bo...@imfreedom.org> > Cc: devel Development <de...@pidgin.im>, Adium Development List > <devel@adium.im> > > > Hi, > > Instant Messaging Freedom Inc. is a non-profit organization established in > 2006 to protect the legal liability of Pidgin developers and to handle the > finances of it and its related projects (i.e. libpurple, finch, etc.) > > Later, we agreed with Adium developers to do the same for that project. > > Since incorporating ten years ago, I believe we've only had one board > position turnover. We've kept mostly the same board, despite -- I believe -- > most board members no longer being active on either project. > > At our board meeting earlier today, a couple of us discussed giving up our > positions on the board to people more active in the community. > > This is a call to nominate people to serve on the board of Instant Messaging > Freedom. Feel free to nominate yourself if you're interested, or someone else > you think might do a good job. The only qualification is that directors must > be 19 years old. > > What does it entail? > > We currently have seven directors (although we can vote to increase or > decrease that number depending on interest). We have one annual meeting on a > conference call, and vote for other assorted things (e.g. expenditures) over > e-mail occasionally throughout the year. > > We have four officer positions. They are currently all served by different > people, but the same person may serve more than one position, with the > exception that the same person may not simultaneously be President and > Secretary. Here are the official responsibilities of each officer: > > 3. PRESIDENT > > The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation; she or > he shall preside at all meetings of the Board; she or he shall have > responsibility for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation > and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into > effect. She or he shall, when duly authorized by the Board of Directors, sign > and execute all contracts in the name of the Corporation. > > 4. VICE-PRESIDENTS > > During the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-President shall > have all the powers and functions of the President. The Vice-President shall > perform such other duties as the Board shall prescribe. > > 5. TREASURER > > The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds and securities > of the Corporation, and shall deposit said funds in the name of the > Corporation in such bank or trust company as the Directors may elect; she or > he shall at all reasonable times exhibit her or his books and accounts to any > Director upon application at the office of the Corporation during ordinary > business hours. At the end of each corporate year, she or he shall have an > audit of the accounts of the Corporation made by a committee appointed by the > President, and shall present such audit in writing at the annual meeting of > the Directors, at which time she or he shall also present an annual report > setting forth in full the financial condition of the Corporation. > > 6. SECRETARY > > The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Board of Directors. She or he > shall have the custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix and > attest the same to documents when duly authorized by the Board of Directors. > He or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the > Corporation, and shall have charge of such books and papers as the Board of > Directors may direct; she or he shall keep a membership roll containing the > names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are Directors of the > Corporation, showing their places of residence and the time they became > Directors. > > At our meeting today, both the President (myself) and Vice President (Mark > Doliner) expressed an interest or willingness to vacate that role, so please > consider nominating people who would do well in those positions. > > > If you or someone you know would make a good board member or officer, please > let me know. Either publicly on discuss...@imfreedom.org, or e-mail me > directly if you'd prefer to stay modest/semi-anonymous. I'll compile the list > of nominations and present them to the board for consideration and eventual > election in one week. > > Current board members: please re-nominate yourselves if you wish to keep your > current position. Or let me know if you wish to vacate it. If I don't hear > from you, I'll assume you're open to giving up your seat. > > Thanks! > -Sean.
