[Osmf-talk] Articles of Association Update 2.0

[Simon Poole]

Am 23.07.2014 11:39, schrieb Alex Barth:
> Remote voting is a good idea - especially with AGM's in places that
> are far away for most.

Note that the "new" articles already allow "virtual" AGMs. But full
electronic voting would make a number of things simpler.
>
> On the asset lock down - what specifically is undefined in the license
> change process beyond what the CT's say?

The vote by the OSMF members: should this be a simple vote by all
(associate and regular) members, a resolution or special resolution
(which implies only regular members). Not a big deal, it just isn't
really nailed down right now which is sure to lead to strife if we ever
get so far.

>
> From http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Contributor_Terms
>
> > or such other free and open licence (for
> example,http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/) as may from time to time
> be chosen by a vote of the OSMF membership and approved by at least a
> 2/3 majority vote of active contributors.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch
> <mailto:simon at poole.ch>> wrote:
>
>     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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