[Osmf-talk] OSMF Articles of Association - Discussion on Revision for 2013 AGM

[Dudley Ibbett]

The proposal related to ceasing to be a member to allow the board to expel individuals is certainly something the board should be able to do but I would advise that any recommendations to expel are done by an independent body set up to investigate such issues and make recommendations to the board.  The most extreme being expulsion.   I don't think that an AGM would be a fair place for an appeal to be held.  It would be a serious matter requiring careful consideration of all the facts and is not something that can be done in fairly at a general AGM.

Most organisations will establish a code of conduct and disciplinary procedures.    To avoid problems in the future I would put these in place as well.

Regards

Dudley 

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On 6 Mar 2013, at 08:38, "Simon Poole" <simon at osmfoundation.org> wrote:

> 
> Dear OSMF Members
> 
> The boards intends to propose a number of amendments to the current
> Articles of Association at this years AGM which is likely to take place
> at SOTM 2013 in Birmingham. The need for change has been long recognized
> and in 2011 a working group spent a significant amount of time
> discussing  the issues. Like so many things the activity fell dormant
> during the "hot" phase of the licence change and has been revived now. 
> From a procedural point of view the board felt that we should achieve
> consensus on the changes in general terms and then approach legal
> counsel to produce concrete new legal text for the AoAs and only have
> limited review of the results.
> 
> Given that we will want a final new AoA text lastest beginning of August
> and giving us 2-3 months to get such a legal text prepared, I expect
> this discussion period to last maximum two months. Because of the
> limited amount of time available (in OSM terms) we want to structure the
> discussion a bit and try to get agreement on the non-controversial
> important items first and then progress to topics that may be difficult,
> keeping in mind that we may need to move such changes to a 2nd, later,
> revision.
> 
> A discussion document is located here:
> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/2013_OSMF_Articles_of_Association_Update
> . With the exception of item 1 this is simply a rewording of the output
> of the AoA working group. Point 8 is really pro memoria since there is
> currently no concrete proposal on the table, if time permits such a
> proposal could however be developed. It is likely that all changes will
> be presented rolled in to one document and that at the AGM there will be
> a single vote on the changes.
> 
> The current AoAs are here:
> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association
> 
> For starters I suggest that we limit the discussion to the items 1)
> through 3) .
> 
> The LWG has taken ownership of this process and I'm sending this out on
> behalf of of the working group. Should you have any concerns and other
> comments that are not suitable for this list please address them
> directly to the LWG (legal at osmfoundation.org).
> 
> Regards
> 
> Simon
> 
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