On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 22:02 -0500, Karen Sandler wrote:
On Mon, February 20, 2012 7:11 pm, Tobias Mueller wrote:Heya :) On 21.02.2012 00:58, Brian Cameron wrote:Can the calendar make it more clear when the new board takes over?sure. Do you have a patch?There are a couple of ways that we can do this, but this last year the new board didn't really become active until the in person meeting at the Desktop Summit. Perhaps we should do that again - the new board becomes effective at the July in person board meeting, but they are invited to listen and participate (but not vote) after the election results are published, before the GUADEC meeting. That way the current board will serve closer to a full year and it also builds in a period of transition.
Last year, we welcomed the new board members on June 28 and they became
active since July 1st.
The rationale was (quoting Brian on his email of June 30, 2011):
In the bylaws [1] (page 13) it's stated that:
* "a.Each of the directors shall hold office for one (1) year."
* "c.Each Director shall serve until his successor is duly
elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or
removal."
Also on our website it says "The Board of Directors from July
2010 to June 2011 is"...
[...]
However, we delayed the decision on officers until Desktop Summit as
stated in the minutes of our meeting on July 12, 2011:
https://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20110712
Furthermore, our website states "he Board of Directors from July 2011 to
June 2012 is:" http://www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/
What we have done in the past is: new board members get subscribed as
soon as the results are official. This would be around June 20. They
would have voice but no vote until June 30. From July 1st, they could
vote and old board members will only have voice.
Regards,
--
GermÃn PÃo-CaamaÃo
http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/
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