+1<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Martin Atkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk">mart@degeneration.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Hans Granqvist wrote:<br>
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Interesting indeed. Looking forward to seeing what PayPal brings!<br>
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How does a corporation get to be a foundation member? Just by<br>
paying, or is there another voting process?<br>
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The bylaws ought to be updated soon to give the full details about this, but here's the most pertinent information:<br>
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* Getting a single board seat is one of the benefits of the sustaining member membership class.<br>
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* There is a distinction made between "community" board members (who are voted in by the community) and "corporate" board members (who are appointed by corporations with sustaining memberships.)<br>
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* There is a rule in place that the community board members must always have a majority on the board, allowing a completely-aligned community board to veto corporate board member proposals.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Nat Sakimura (=nat)<br><a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/">http://www.sakimura.org/en/</a><br>