Originally Posted by Texrat

Wow, overreact much?

The community doesn't own Nokia's property.

I'm just thinking out loud anyway.

Chill.

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EDIT: you know what? It's not worth it. Strike me from the Foundation. The poison being spewed has really spoiled it for me.

Originally Posted by freemangordon

Sorry, but it didn't look like that. And I was talking about intellectual property too - for example I don't want Jolla's lawyers to be on me in a couple of months because I've REed and published the source code of VKB, libcal, etc. Now noone owns Maemo(as a property) for the simple reason that Nokia just don't care anymore about it. And it is better the community, represented legally by the board to own that, not some yet-to-be-seen third party. Thus my (over)reaction.

Originally Posted by thedead1440

Dear Council,

Some clarifications required again

One thing I don't seem to understand is how do the chair, secretary and treasurer get appointed?

For example, we have 3 Directors elected and all 3 desire to be chair what would the deciding factor be?

Can we expressly add that the votes a candidate garners will determine his right to a position or something like that?

Secondly, I think it needs to be defined that while a Director may hold multiple positions, the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer must be different Directors for the sake of transperancy...If the Chair was Treasurer too it would not be too healthy IMO even if realistically its not that plausible...

I apologize if the above have been covered before as I'm about to drop so didn't do much searching and thought that it would be better to put this in before the Board is finalised...

Originally Posted by ivgalvez

Due to his duties in communication and elections process, Chair must be one of the three members of the Board, however I don't see why Treasurer needs to be also a member of Board, it could be perfectly one trusted member of the community designated by Board.

Originally Posted by ivgalvez

Due to his duties, Chair must be one of the three members of the Board, however I don't see why Treasurer needs to be also a member of Board, it could be perfectly one trusted member of the community designated by Board.

Edit: this is my personal view, however, as it's defined in the By-Laws that the Treasurer shall be a Director (member of the Board). Maybe SD69 could clarify it.

Originally Posted by thedead1440

So how are the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer chosen? How if all the 3 candidates desire to be Chair then what?

Originally Posted by SD69

The Board has to work it out. Not every issue should be addressed in the bylaws.

Secondly, I think it needs to be defined that while a Director may hold multiple positions, the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer must be different Directors for the sake of transperancy...If the Chair was Treasurer too it would not be too healthy IMO even if realistically its not that plausible for a dishonest person to be entering the BoD that easily...

Originally Posted by woody14619

Please check and review. To see deltas from previous versions, see the respective pdf links in those posts further back in this thread.

If no additional nominations are received within the extended nomination period, or further extension would cause the election cycle to exceed sixty (60) days, the Board shall decide by majority vote the appropriate action at that time, including but not limited to appointment, installment, or rejection of some or all of the nominees and/or existing Directors to the respective body.

Each member satisfying the criteria to vote in an election shall receive a single transferrable vote, via ballot or token, in such election and instructions on how to use said instrument.