Re: BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE: Incorporate Veres One as a Nonprofit Foundation in Canada+1

+1

On Fri, 24 Aug 2018, 21:05 dorothyg, <jhdorothyg2003@yahoo.com> wrote:

> +1
> On Friday, 24 August 2018, 15:22:41 GMT, Adam Lake <
> alake@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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:
>
> *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 <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
>
> 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
>
> --
> 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
>
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