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

+1

On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:04:31 +0200, Anja Kovacs  
<anja@internetdemocracy.in> wrote:

> +1
> On 19 August 2018 at 17:36, Daniel Burnett <danielcburnett@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Kim Hamilton Duffy  
>> <kim@learningmachine.com> wrote:
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:36 PM Adam Lake <alake@digitalbazaar.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greetings Veres One Community Group,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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 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
>>>>
>>>> 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 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 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
>>>> --Adam Lake
>>>> Director, Business Development
>>>> Digital Bazaar
>>>> Veres.io
>>>> 540-285-0083
>>> --Kim Hamilton Duffy
>>> CTO & Principal Architect Learning Machine
>>> Co-chair W3C Credentials Community Group
>>>
>>> kim@learningmachine.com
>>
>
>
>
> --Dr. Anja Kovacs
> The Internet Democracy Project
>
> +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
> https://internetdemocracy.in/http://genderingsurveillance.in
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