[Ofa_boardplus] Voteable items concerning Alliance Officers for Thursday's BoD meeting

[Christoph Lameter]

I think the main intend should be to continue to improve and develop the
technology and that would be best accomplished by merit and activity and
not by those who provide the financial backing for the organization.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Paul Grun <grun at cray.com> wrote:

> Good comment.
>
> This is grist for a useful discussion at the Board meeting.
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> The thinking behind it, for better or for worse, is that management of the
> Alliance is properly a perk of being a promoter.
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> Thanks,
>
> -Paul
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> *From:* Christoph Lameter [mailto:christoph at graphe.net]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:32 AM
> *To:* Paul Grun <grun at cray.com>
> *Cc:* ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org, <ofa_boardplus at lists.
> openfabrics.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Ofa_boardplus] Voteable items concerning Alliance
> Officers for Thursday's BoD meeting
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> Hmmm. I do not like the emphasis of offices etc having to be employed by a
> promoter. Why not allow other types of members to become officers. Is this
> a control issue for those who are promoters? I mean we should have the most
> capable person available and if this is from one of the educational
> institutions or some other class of member then I think that is fine as
> well.
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2017, at 01:08, Paul Grun <grun at cray.com> wrote:
>
> Attached are a series of motions relative to the officers of the
> alliance.  These motions are based on a discussion held at last Thursday’s
> XWG meeting.
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> Note that I missed the 72 hour deadline as required by the groundrules,
> but fortunately that rule can be waived by unanimous agreement of all those
> participating in the meeting, with finalization of any vote deferred for 24
> hours after the meeting.
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> In other words, if all agree, we can consider these motions on Thursday.
> If not, we can defer until the March meeting.
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> Regards,
>
> -Paul
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