The board is required to meet once a year. Our annual meetings are typically about a half hour long and mostly comprised of formalities. We have e-mail votes of assorted other issues throughout the rest of the year, though I think it's been quite some time since we have.
Directors have, traditionally, participated mainly through the annual meeting and assorted e-mail votes. They are, of course, able to propose ideas for consideration of the rest of the board. In terms of time commitment, I'd say directors can expect to spend less than an hour a year. We also have a few officer positions, which require a greater time commitment. So far, the treasurer has had most of the actual work, namely keeping up with IRS and other annual government filings. All that said, I expect we'll replace most of the board in this coming election, hopefully with more active members. The new board would be free to commit the organization to more efforts. If anyone's interesting in serving on the board, please let me know. Thanks, -Sean. On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:57 PM Chris Forsythe <ch...@growl.info> wrote: > 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. > >
