[Ofa_boardplus] Voteable item - Filling Officer Vacancies

[Christoph Lameter]

Well I am happy we are making progress at all and I do not want to
cause more delays.

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Paul Grun <grun at cray.com> wrote:
> See slide 4.  For better or for worse...
>
> Happy to re-visit, if we can find two thirds of us willing to re-open the topic.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: christoph at graphe.net [mailto:christoph at graphe.net] On Behalf Of
>>Christoph Lameter
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 7:51 AM
>>To: Paul Grun <grun at cray.com>
>>Cc: ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org
>>Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] Voteable item - Filling Officer Vacancies
>>
>>Hmmm... Maybe this is a bit off topic but the backup slides mention that officers
>>positions are contingent on their employment by the promoter. On the technical
>>boards that I served on before there was no such requirement and I actually
>>moved between employers while on various boards. I would think that officers
>>primarily act in the interest of the OFA and not in the interest of the employer.
>>The interests of the promoter can be voiced as a board member I think. So maybe
>>it would be ok to loosen that tie? I have sometimes seen officers being hired by a
>>different company and then that company joined the organization or some other
>>company on the board hired them.
>>The officer stayed in position throughout.
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Paul Grun <grun at cray.com> wrote:
>>> Attached.
>>>
>>> This was thoroughly discussed at the 6/22/17 XWG meeting.  At that
>>> meeting, some changes to the specified timeframes were recommended.
>>> This slide deck includes those suggested timeframes.  The base proposal
>>belongs to LANL.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Technically, this slide deck does not meet the 72 hour rule for action
>>> at this Thursday’s Board meeting.  (My bad for being late.)  However,
>>> the spirit of the 72 rule is to prevent surprise last minute proposals
>>> to the Board.  Given the detailed discussion that has already
>>> occurred, and the rough consensus already achieved, I am hopeful that
>>> no one will object to executing a vote on this at this week’s meeting.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Paul
>>>
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