Re: BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE: Incorporate Veres One as a Nonprofit Foundation in Canada

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On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:36 PM Adam Lake <alake@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> *Greetings Veres One Community Group,*
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> * Given the consensus on the mailing list and the end of the time period
> for community input on the incorporation proposal, I would like to call for
> a vote by the members-to-be of the Board of Governors on the following
> proposal: PROPOSAL: Incorporate the Veres One Foundation as a non-profit in
> Canada. Members-to-be of the Board of Governors, please reply with a +/- 1
> to this email with your vote on the proposal. Details on this vote follow.
> We currently have six members-to-be that have agreed to serve on the Board
> of Governors <https://veres.one/about/> with a seventh and final to be
> announced and added later next month. I should note that because the
> Foundation doesn’t exist yet, and because the Board of Governors can’t be
> officially formed until the Foundation exists, that this is more of a vote
> in spirit than a legally binding vote. Digital Bazaar continues to hold all
> legal and financial liability in the formation of the Veres One Foundation
> until such a time as the Board of Governors is officially and legally in
> place. Below is the specific proposal that was discussed on the mailing
> list including background information. The proposal (above) to be voted on
> has been edited to include only the essential information: UPDATED
> PROPOSAL: After doing more research into the various country options for
> incorporation my proposal has changed somewhat. I propose that we
> incorporate in Canada to start with and leave the next country of
> incorporation more open ended. Canada may end up being a good long term
> home for the Veres One Foundation. The CG and the Board can decide where,
> when, and if the Veres One Foundation should migrate to another
> jurisdiction at a later date.” The entire discussion thread can be found in
> the mailing list archives:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-veres-one/2018Aug/thread.html
> <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-veres-one/2018Aug/thread.html>
> I believe there has been some good discussion on the proposal and that we
> have consensus (see tally below) to move forward with a vote. Since this is
> our first proposal and vote as a community I would like to remind everyone
> that the function of the Board of Governors (Board members may also be CG
> members) is to act as guardians of the mission <https://veres.one/summary/>
> and not to favor their preferred proposals. The Board of Governors are
> tasked with first determining whether consensus has indeed been achieved as
> part of the “consideration” phase of the decision making process
> <https://veres.one/network/governance/>and then pass the proposal unless it
> endangers the Veres One Mission. The final decision is determined by a
> simple majority vote. Governors who reject proposals are expected to
> provide an explanation to the Veres One Community Group Tally of responses
> to the Proposal: Ten -- +1 Two -- 0 Zero -- -1 More specifically: Anriette
> Esterhuysen: +1 Matt Stone: +1 “+1 on the basis of Adam's thorough analysis
> and recommendation. Personally I'm glad we're not trying to go to
> Switzerland right now (or maybe ever). When I hear of "Swiss neutrality" in
> a topic like this I feel a slight eye-roll come on.  Their marketing is
> good. Bose speakers anyone?” Dorothy Gordon: +1 "I hope we can come to a
> decision soon. I go with Canada now, Estonia would be my second choice."
> Dorothy, apologies for missing you on the first tally. Markus Sabadello: +1
> Canada makes sense I think, even though I have to admit I also liked the
> Swiss option :) Kilnam Chon: “Canada sounds better than others” Kaliya
> Young: “Canada seems like the best option. They (the Canadians) are doing
> really good identity work too.” Joe Andrieu: +1, “Canada is alright” Manu
> Sporny: +1, agreed. “The country has a fairly excellent track record wrt.
> identity work, the government is progressive wrt. Privacy…” Dave Longley:
> +1 Adam Lake: +1 Melvin Carvalho: 0 “Not a stakeholder in this, but Estonia
> sounds like an exciting option” Christopher Allen: 0, Abstain*
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> Adam Lake
> Director, Business Development
> Digital Bazaar
> Veres.io
> 540-285-0083
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Kim Hamilton Duffy
CTO & Principal Architect Learning Machine
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