[Osmf-talk] Articles of Association Update 2.0

[Simon Poole]

Some feedback would be appreciated. Particularly on the asset lock down
question.

Simon

Am 01.07.2014 20:37, schrieb Simon Poole:
> 
> 
> As I threatened last September at the AGM, we need to address a couple
> of leftovers. None of these are as pressing as the last update, but we
> might as well get them behind us as soon as possible.
> 
> Please see the list at
> http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Issues_with_the_current_Articles
> 
> Two of them are simply editorial and I assume we do not need to discuss
> them. Further I believe that there is likely requiring a GM at least
> every 18 months from a governance point of view.
> 
> Leaves two larger issues. Currently the only way people that are not
> present at the AGM can vote is via proxy, aka nominating somebody to
> vote on your behalf (with instructions). THis is rather cumbersome to
> say the least and, at least I, would suggest complementing the mechanism
> with a pure online voting system. While I haven't discussed this with
> council, adding this raises the question if it would be possible to have
> such votes outside of the context of a GM, I intend to investigate.
> 
> The final issue that we didn't include last year was further asset lock
> downs (further there are already restrictions on what can be done with
> the assets in the case of dissolution of the Foundation). On the one
> hand these may make it easier to get more donations (I somewhat doubt
> it, likely we would need charity status for that), on the other hand
> these should be seen as a certain amount of control on a potential rogue
> board.
> 
> As I suggested last year, I believe this should simply take the form of
> a list of specific things the board cannot do without a special
> resolution passed by the membership, some suggestions:
> - dispose of any intellectual property
> - transfer any intellectual property
> - propose a licence change to the active contributors (the process is
> currently not defined, so we may as well do it here)
> 
> Maybe there are some more things we would like to add?
> 
> Simon
> 
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