Mailing List Archive: Resigning as Individual Director

Resigning as Individual Director

Oct 2, 2014, 11:23 PM

Post #1 of 5 (1106 views)

Hi there

With Brian Stevens recent departure with Red Hat, our Platinum Director
board seat is now vacant. We have decided that I should represent Red
Hat on the board.

This implies that I must resign as Individual Director. Personally, this
is a difficult decision for me, because I've always greatly valued being
an independent voice representing the individual members. I'm also
conscious that resigning now is going to cause some churn quite late in
the year.

The reasoning goes like this - we think I can best represent Red Hat on
the board, we don't think it's ideal to leave a Platinum Director seat
vacant for any length of time, and we'd prefer to avoid the churn of
appointing a temporary Red Hat representative while I serve the
remainder of my term as Individual Director.

Jonathan has been working to figure out the process which should follow
an Individual Director resignation. I'll let him share details on that.

My sincere apologies if this disappoints anyone. I have been honored to
serve as Individual Director, and I'm very grateful to everyone who
voted for me.

Thanks!

Mark.

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Re: [Foundation Board] Resigning as Individual Director [ In reply to ]

mordred at inaugust

Oct 2, 2014, 11:33 PM

Post #2 of 5 (1092 views)

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On 10/02/2014 11:23 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hi there
>
> With Brian Stevens recent departure with Red Hat, our Platinum Director
> board seat is now vacant. We have decided that I should represent Red
> Hat on the board.
>
> This implies that I must resign as Individual Director. Personally, this
> is a difficult decision for me, because I've always greatly valued being
> an independent voice representing the individual members. I'm also
> conscious that resigning now is going to cause some churn quite late in
> the year.
>
> The reasoning goes like this - we think I can best represent Red Hat on
> the board, we don't think it's ideal to leave a Platinum Director seat
> vacant for any length of time, and we'd prefer to avoid the churn of
> appointing a temporary Red Hat representative while I serve the
> remainder of my term as Individual Director.

I, for one, think the idea of having you in the Platinum seat as someone
who has the community support to be elected directly is pretty exciting
actually. I also have no doubt that your voice will remain your voice.

> Jonathan has been working to figure out the process which should follow
> an Individual Director resignation. I'll let him share details on that.
>
> My sincere apologies if this disappoints anyone. I have been honored to
> serve as Individual Director, and I'm very grateful to everyone who
> voted for me.

I'll miss having you in the Individual ranks - but am glad you'll still
be with us.

Monty

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Re: [Foundation Board] Resigning as Individual Director [ In reply to ]

markmc at redhat

Oct 3, 2014, 1:08 AM

Post #3 of 5 (1084 views)

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On Thu, 2014-10-02 at 23:33 -0700, Monty Taylor wrote:
> On 10/02/2014 11:23 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > With Brian Stevens recent departure with Red Hat, our Platinum Director
> > board seat is now vacant. We have decided that I should represent Red
> > Hat on the board.
> >
> > This implies that I must resign as Individual Director. Personally, this
> > is a difficult decision for me, because I've always greatly valued being
> > an independent voice representing the individual members. I'm also
> > conscious that resigning now is going to cause some churn quite late in
> > the year.
> >
> > The reasoning goes like this - we think I can best represent Red Hat on
> > the board, we don't think it's ideal to leave a Platinum Director seat
> > vacant for any length of time, and we'd prefer to avoid the churn of
> > appointing a temporary Red Hat representative while I serve the
> > remainder of my term as Individual Director.
>
> I, for one, think the idea of having you in the Platinum seat as someone
> who has the community support to be elected directly is pretty exciting
> actually. I also have no doubt that your voice will remain your voice.
>
> > Jonathan has been working to figure out the process which should follow
> > an Individual Director resignation. I'll let him share details on that.
> >
> > My sincere apologies if this disappoints anyone. I have been honored to
> > serve as Individual Director, and I'm very grateful to everyone who
> > voted for me.
>
> I'll miss having you in the Individual ranks - but am glad you'll still
> be with us.

Thanks Monty, appreciated :)

Mark.

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Re: [Foundation Board] Resigning as Individual Director [ In reply to ]

anne at openstack

Oct 3, 2014, 5:46 AM

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On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com> wrote:

> On 10/02/2014 11:23 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > With Brian Stevens recent departure with Red Hat, our Platinum Director
> > board seat is now vacant. We have decided that I should represent Red
> > Hat on the board.
> >
> > This implies that I must resign as Individual Director. Personally, this
> > is a difficult decision for me, because I've always greatly valued being
> > an independent voice representing the individual members. I'm also
> > conscious that resigning now is going to cause some churn quite late in
> > the year.
> >
> > The reasoning goes like this - we think I can best represent Red Hat on
> > the board, we don't think it's ideal to leave a Platinum Director seat
> > vacant for any length of time, and we'd prefer to avoid the churn of
> > appointing a temporary Red Hat representative while I serve the
> > remainder of my term as Individual Director.
>
> I, for one, think the idea of having you in the Platinum seat as someone
> who has the community support to be elected directly is pretty exciting
> actually. I also have no doubt that your voice will remain your voice.
>

+1 You're still you. Thanks for your willingness to serve!

>
> > Jonathan has been working to figure out the process which should follow
> > an Individual Director resignation. I'll let him share details on that.
> >
> > My sincere apologies if this disappoints anyone. I have been honored to
> > serve as Individual Director, and I'm very grateful to everyone who
> > voted for me.
>
> I'll miss having you in the Individual ranks - but am glad you'll still
> be with us.
>
> Monty
>
>
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Re: [Foundation Board] Resigning as Individual Director [ In reply to ]

simon at dreamhost

Oct 3, 2014, 12:42 PM

Post #5 of 5 (1093 views)

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Either way we will all still benefit from your deep technical, community
and governance thinking Mark. Plus this will open up an opportunity for a
another strong director representing Individual members, which is a +2!

Best,
Simon

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi there
>
> With Brian Stevens recent departure with Red Hat, our Platinum Director
> board seat is now vacant. We have decided that I should represent Red
> Hat on the board.
>
> This implies that I must resign as Individual Director. Personally, this
> is a difficult decision for me, because I've always greatly valued being
> an independent voice representing the individual members. I'm also
> conscious that resigning now is going to cause some churn quite late in
> the year.
>
> The reasoning goes like this - we think I can best represent Red Hat on
> the board, we don't think it's ideal to leave a Platinum Director seat
> vacant for any length of time, and we'd prefer to avoid the churn of
> appointing a temporary Red Hat representative while I serve the
> remainder of my term as Individual Director.
>
> Jonathan has been working to figure out the process which should follow
> an Individual Director resignation. I'll let him share details on that.
>
> My sincere apologies if this disappoints anyone. I have been honored to
> serve as Individual Director, and I'm very grateful to everyone who
> voted for me.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark.
>
>
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