On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:00 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
On 16/10/2017 12:35, Rene Rivera via Boost wrote:
It has become clear to me, and some others, that the recent decisions of the Steering Committee have exposed various problems with how the Steering Committee operates. At CppCon I met with some of the Steering Committee and expressed the concerns with them. I also explained, from my experience in other organizations, how such issues are managed. The result of that is that I will be proposing the Steering Committee adopt operating Bylaws. But before formally presenting them to the Steering Committee I'd like get feedback on them http://bit.ly/2hI22DN[1].
I dislike the proposed structure. It has no separation of powers. I also believe it is impossible under charity regulations, though the SFC lawyers can say for sure.
If you're going to propose bylaws, my original proposal whereby the existing Steering Committee becomes a "Board of Directors" and a new Steering Committee made up of elected library authors is far more conventional.
The Board of Directors would be limited to managing the finances, but can also dissolve the Steering Committee and call for a new election (one would expect this only to occur if the Steering Committee did something illegal like embezzle money). The new Steering Committee takes on all other responsibilities apart from the finances, and is elected from here on two year terms. This new Steering Committee would "run" Boost on a day to day basis. The Board of Directors runs BoostCon and the other "once off" stuff, and continues to deliberately be made up of mostly *non* Boost library authors.
This separation of powers is how most charity based orgs are run. I'd strongly recommend you don't innovate on that.
Thank you for volunteering to make a formal proposal. I look forward to studying it.
I also think that despite my many run-ins with the Steering Committee over the years, having not library authors in control of the money is a wise idea.
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