Jeorge put that link in 1st page mentioning temp fix in title

I agree. I welcome you to call for a Board meeting. You'll probably have about as much success as I have.

What do you suggest one should do when others are actively being obstructionist. Saying things like "I won't attend a meeting unless all are directors are present". Or having a director that simply doesn't replying for weeks to months on end, with no viable reason.

Even as chair, I have no power to force the other directors to attend a meeting. And a single director can't (through solitary action) cause something to happen. Sadly, through inaction one has been able to halt things from happening.

So waht can we as the community do withe people which should do what we want and are not doing it and even hurting the community? woody14619 can we, the TMO users help you in any way?

Well, if you human possibly can, please attend the coming #maemo-meetings to give some approval if desired.

But as our big problem seems to be our "president", I'd suggest you check if HFCs vote from 2013/05/17 #maemo-meeting is valid (I guess according to bylaws) and do the according next steps in close collaboration with HFC.
All this had a good start with this Elections Announcement by Mentalist Traceur, but Rob declared that null, if I'm not mistaken.
But one thing's for sure: we need valid BoD elections ASAP. Hey, it's already been on MWKN...

And denial of sevice is intolerable, that alone should be a reason for community-legal action or re-elections.
Once a proper BoD is in place, we probably should have a look at the bylaws again.

Not to mention the liability of not having multiple active members of bod with access to banks accounts... what if Rob gets hit by a bus or goes rogue?

[QUOTE=woody14619;1348100 Sadly, through inaction one has been able to halt things from happening.[/QUOTE]

One can understand the frustration, and more so if one happened to follow the IRC minutes. But frankly, there seemed to be other currents running there too.

For me the issue of a complete dearth of communication: surely someone can write a succint summary of where matters stand in various areas?

Perhaps I am too stupid to be able to follow and integrate what is obvious to everyone else but I am confused....

+1

The thing is that the Hildon Foundation does not have a good case for asking for donation. Regardless of the messy internal organization, I can't think, right off my mind, of any reason why they need any money.

OTOH, Jörg and the technical team do actually need money to buy/rent stuff and for whatever technical services they need. And heck, for a beer or two when the next fire is put down

I intend to donate (again) to Jörg directly.

Ahh, thanks for the clarification. See, until now I assumed that my HiFo donatgions were used for the tech. I will continue donating to Joerg only from now on.

and i was beginning to feel bad 'cuz i have started posting again on TMO but still refused to care about politics around here

Woody, i know it never helped in the past, but would you mind naming names instead of expecting everyone has been following all that mess with intense interest?

isn't there a way for the Community to request a re-election of the Board of Director?
thinking of which, the Board was elected not long after the Council last year
should be up for re-election anyway

what a mess

how does that meritocracy rubbish work exactly?

why is this discussed on a month old funding thread?
EDIT: 'cuz paypal mess...

To be clear, the only expenditure of HiFo funds to date (that I'm aware of) have been for community needed items. The vBulletin license for t.m.o, contract costs with IPHH, and recently a switch were all purchased with HiFo funds. The problem is that responsiveness is spotty to non-existent by the one person authorized to access the account since the treasurer resigned. And reimbursements for items purchased by tech staff (that are needed and still in use, like hard drives) have to date not been handled.

Actually, no, there isn't. Just as there's no way for the community to request a re-election of Council. There is a way for HFC to force a Board election, at the cost of forcing another HFC election.

As for the term, Board positions last for 12 months, where Council positions last for 6. The reasoning at the time was that Board would be doing less day-to-day things long term, and having longevity would be a good thing.