John Mark, Shanley & I discussed the governance process and would like to see it established well ahead of the mid-year AGM. We agreed that the status quo (e.g. no members, rather a relatively large board seeded with trusted community members from various fields of endeavour) will meet our requirements for the foreseeable future — in particular the requirement that the process be secure and immune to undue influence by special interest groups.
I would personally like to see each person submit bullet points for their most significant achievements for the OCI that year (or in the case of new appointees, their plans for the first year if appointed). I'd suggest 4 points (one per quarter) is a good target, for example: - Presented on OCI at OSCON 2011 - Established a relationship with Acme, Inc. - Prepared a 2012 budget - Monitored the certification program I think this is the simplest way for us to report on progress and to rotate in new blood to replace people who have moved on to other challenges. New board members would need a proposer and seconder to be listed and current board members would be listed by default unless they opt out. Someone (an elections officer?) would likely need to manage this process. The ballot should be secret, and ideally managed by a trusted third party. I'd suggest the committee check out Cornell's Condorcet Internet Voting Service (CIVS): http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html I trust this is enough to get a discussion going with a view to reaching consensus and giving enough time for each of us to make one or two significant contributions to the initiative ahead of the AGM. Kind regards, Sam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shanley Kane <shan...@apigee.com> Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM Subject: Minutes from OCI Board SGM - 11/21/11 To: OCI Board <board@opencloudinitiative.org> *ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEES AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS* * * The next item of business was matters of the next needed steps in carrying out the mission of the OCI. There followed a discussion of how the necessary work would be accomplished and divided through committees. Upon motion duly made by Sam Johnston and seconded by Shanley Kane, it was unanimously RESOLVED that three committees be established and their members appointed: *COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE;* dedicated to establishing procedures of governance, including recruiting new board members, orienting and educating board members, and other matters around the continuing health and effectiveness of the board. The Committee on Governance will be staffed by: - Rick Clark - Simon Wardley - Sam Ramji - John Mark Walker
