[VOTE] ratify board communication best practices document

Dear fellow directors,

having discussed this and incorporated your feedback, calling for a
vote, to:

* ratify attached best practices as current board communication
  guidelines
  (verbatim copy from
  https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/f/900757 as of 2022-04-12
  1600 UTC)

Vote runs the usual 72 hours, please answer with +1/-1/abstain to this
email.

Thanks,

-- Thorsten

board communication proposal.md (5.27 KB)

+1

+1

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Hello,

Thorsten Behrens píše v Út 12. 04. 2022 v 18:44 +0200:

having discussed this and incorporated your feedback, calling for a
vote, to:

* ratify attached best practices as current board communication
  guidelines
  (verbatim copy from
  https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/f/900757 as of 2022-04-12
  1600 UTC)

Vote runs the usual 72 hours, please answer with +1/-1/abstain to
this
email.

+1, thank you!

All the best,
Kendy

+1

Gabriel

Hi all,

* ratify attached best practices as current board communication
   guidelines
   (verbatim copy from
   https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/f/900757 as of 2022-04-12
   1600 UTC)

I failed to follow up on my wish to include text about how we handle communication about private board meetings in public. For later..

Vote runs the usual 72 hours, please answer with +1/-1/abstain to this
email.

For now: really glad with this guide line.

Thanks,
Cor

Hi all

+1

All the best

I abstain.

Regards,

Dear fellow directors,

having discussed this and incorporated your feedback, calling for a
vote, to:

* ratify attached best practices as current board communication
  guidelines
  (verbatim copy from
  https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/f/900757 as of 2022-04-12
  1600 UTC)

Vote runs the usual 72 hours, please answer with +1/-1/abstain to this
email.

+1

Thanks,
László

+1 from me.

I wrote:

Dear fellow directors, all,

The Board of Directors at the time of voting consists of 7 seat
holders (not including deputies). In order to be quorate, the vote
needs to have 1/2 or more of the Board of Directors members, which
gives 4.

A total of 6 Board of Directors members have participated in the vote.

The vote is quorate.

A quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 4 votes.

Result of vote: 5 approvals, 1 abstain, 0 disapprovals.
Additionally, three deputies support the decision.

Decision: The proposal has been accepted.

-- Thorsten

Dear list,

this email is a very generic reminder of how we as a board would like
to communicate. It would be great, if we could also inspire everyone
else on this list to follow our lead there.

We strive to:

- be inclusive, and patient
- recognise each other as humans (with our different quirks &
  cultures), and don't assume we stand for our group, company, or
  nationality
- try to resolve personal conflicts privately (if necessary by asking
  for moderation)
- above all, we try to keep discussions focused on issues, not
  on persons involved. If we offend, we apologize - if we feel offended,
  we try to be generous
- and if all else fails, we stop writing emails, and sort things out in
  a call

Thanks a lot,

-- Thorsten

Dear list,

just the occasional reminder, to please:

- be inclusive, and patient - lets have email threads make incremental
  progress towards a shared understanding (and stop, once we realize we
  need to agree to disagree)
- recognise each other as humans (with our different quirks &
  cultures), and don't assume we stand for our group, company, or
  nationality
- try to resolve personal conflicts privately (if necessary by asking
  for moderation)
- above all, we try to keep discussions focused on issues, not
  on persons involved. If we offend, we apologize - if we feel offended,
  we try to be generous
- and if all else fails, we stop writing emails, and sort things out in
  a call

For the discussions recently started, it would be great to keep them
constructive!

Thanks a lot,

-- Thorsten