[haiku-inc] Re: Proposal: Alexander von Gluck IV election to the BOD (attempt 1)
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 23:44:41 -0400
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Joe Prostko <joe.prostko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not on the board, but surely there has to be a better way of doing this,
such as having a formal election annually (or some other set period) or via
bylaws that remove former board members given a certain amount of
inactivity.
I don't know about the rest of the board, but I definitely see the
need for some updated bylaws. I'm not even sure we have formal bylaws.
None of the current board members were around for the formation of the
corporation and we kind of had to take over in a hurry when Michael
Phipps had to leave. I have most of the original documentation in my
files and could take a look to be sure.
I also serve currently on another board and I think we could use their
bylaws as a guide. They don't need to be complicated.
Part of the issue is it is somewhat of a chicken and egg problem: we
need bylaws to fix the board, but we need the board to draft the
bylaws. I think having Alexander join the board can help a lot.
If someone in the community would like to help in this, here are the
bylaws for the plant society I currently serve in:
http://palmbeach.fnpschapters.org/data/uploads/documents/bylaws.pdf
These could be used as a guide to make the Haiku, Inc bylaws. If
someone else has bylaws they can share, please do.
For Haiku, Inc I don't think we need to be as complicated in the
purpose section, or in the duties of the officers. Mainly we need to
define how the board election should work and who is a member for
voting purposes. I think currently membership should be defined as
developers with commit access. Later on we can broaden it if we can
find a workable way of defining membership, such as making a certain
amount in donations.
The perfect is the enemy of the good and I think that is what has held
this up for so long. Let's draft some basic bylaws to get us out of
this mire and then we can iterate. Much like software development.
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Regards,
Ryan
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