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

Dear Anriette, Dorothy, and Mishi,

Please reply to this email, to the mailing list, with your vote on the 
proposal to incorporate Veres One as a nonprofit in Canada.

Kind Regards,

Adam


On 8/17/2018 12:35 PM, Adam Lake wrote:
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> *Greetings Veres One Community Group,*
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> *
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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:
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> PROPOSAL: Incorporate the Veres One Foundation as a non-profit in Canada.
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> Members-to-be of the Board of Governors, please reply with a +/- 1 to 
> this email with your vote on the proposal.
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> Details on this vote follow.
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> 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:
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> 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:
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> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-veres-one/2018Aug/thread.html
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> 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.
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>
> 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
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>
> Tally of responses to the Proposal:
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> Ten -- +1
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> Two -- 0
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> Zero -- -1
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> More specifically:
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> Anriette Esterhuysen: +1
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> 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.
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> Markus Sabadello: +1 Canada makes sense I think, even though I have to 
> admit I also liked the Swiss option :)
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> Kilnam Chon: “Canada sounds better than others”
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> Kaliya Young: “Canada seems like the best option. They (the Canadians) 
> are doing really good identity work too.”
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> Joe Andrieu: +1, “Canada is alright”
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> Manu Sporny: +1, agreed. “The country has a fairly excellent track 
> record wrt.
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> identity work, the government is progressive wrt. Privacy…”
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> Dave Longley: +1
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> Adam Lake: +1
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> Melvin Carvalho: 0 “Not a stakeholder in this, but Estonia sounds like 
> an exciting option”
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>
> Christopher Allen: 0, Abstain*
> -- 
> Adam Lake
> Director, Business Development
> Digital Bazaar
> Veres.io
> 540-285-0083

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Adam Lake
Director, Business Development
Digital Bazaar
Veres.io
540-285-0083