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

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On 19 August 2018 at 17:36, Daniel Burnett <danielcburnett@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Kim Hamilton Duffy <
> kim@learningmachine.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:36 PM Adam Lake <alake@digitalbazaar.com>
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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
>> Co-chair W3C Credentials Community Group
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>> kim@learningmachine.com
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