[OSCOM] about bylaws, board and committes

Have been thinking
(again!)

These are just thoughts and not sure at what stage they will be relevant
but I thought we could make a note of them for future reference

It is not clear what is the current plan for reorganization, but the
following items
would come to me as to be considered sooner rather than later:


A board of 5 members seems excessive for such a small, relatively informal
organisation.

- lighten up the bylaws to make them less binding. IMHO these should
be a bare minimum to comply with the law, what we have currently in
place seems to me the format of a large 'holding' company, probably
creating unnecessary organisational requirements. We could look for a
solicitor/volunteer among new members to help us do that

- decide if the company should stay registered in Switzerland (should it?)

- a board of probably 3 members would be more than enough (chair,
secretary, treasurer)
IMHO the role of the board is purely administrative, and the board
would not make any executive decisions per se (board would make
decisions like all other members) but would just provide the
signatures

- we should have an executive committee - all the good people who have
volunteerd to be board members should be in the committee. the role of
this would be to get things done that cannot be done by
individuals/teams in the community, including liaising with the board
for the purpose of fulflilling administrative tasks

- decisions and initiatives should be taken and shared by all members,
via list discussion and voting - this means that the role of
developing and bringing forth
OSCOM mission would not be down to 5 people, but to the whole
membership base or whoever has energy/ideas there - this could make
the group more powerful


Think Lean!

PDM