Thanks, Martijn, for your detailed paragraph. As someone who's served on the boards of cultural non-profits, I'd add to Luis' list of common questions: are board members expected to fundraise and do board members take on fiduciary responsibilities?
I think I know the answers in this case, but others might be wondering. And I don't know if that'll be impacted by the 501(c)(3) status. Longer (a two year commitment?) and staggered terms are a great idea for the reasons mentioned. Eric On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Martijn van Exel <mart...@openstreetmap.us> wrote: > I do agree that that is a challenge, and we have lost valuable time with the > loss of institutional knowledge. We do have systems in place that should > make the transition to a new board easier, but I agree that staggered terms > make sense. We did actually discuss this with the current board, but I > believe it would require a change to the bylaws which we just haven't gotten > around to yet. Something for the next board to pick up! > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Luis Villa <lvi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> this sort of thing happens from time to time. i wouldn't worry about it >>> much. i was at one time the only holdover from one board to the next. >> >> >> Again, outsider/lurker, take with grain of salt, IANYL, etc., etc., but in >> my past experience this sort of turnover is hard for an org to handle - you >> lose a lot of institutional knowledge. The next board might consider either >> growing (which reduces the odds of everyone burning out at once) or moving >> to longer, staggered terms so only some seats are up for election in any >> given year. Or both. :) >> >> Luis >> >> -- >> Luis Villa >> Deputy General Counsel >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 >> >> This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have >> received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. >> As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I >> cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, >> volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what >> this means, please see our legal disclaimer. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > > -- > Martijn van Exel > President, US Chapter > OpenStreetMap > http://openstreetmap.us/ > http://osm.org/ > skype: mvexel > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
