[Foundation-l] Board committees update

[Michael Snow]

Following up on Bishakha's appointment, this means we now have the full 
complement of members on the Board of Trustees. With that taken care of, 
for now we have decided to dissolve the nominating committee which 
participated in the process. Again, I want to thank the volunteers on 
the committee for their service and their help in seeking out and 
screening candidates.

Part of the reason for this is that the board generally agreed that the 
committees need further reorganization, and this will likely start with 
the creation of a Governance Committee. For the vast majority of 
nonprofit boards, this committee (which may go by different names) is a 
basic organizational standard, designing the operational structure of 
the board and overseeing its effectiveness. In our ad hoc organization, 
we haven't gotten around to this properly, and I think the board's work 
would benefit significantly. One of the first things a Governance 
Committee would do is review which committees are needed, whether we 
have them or not, what their responsibilities should be, composition and 
so forth. More will be forthcoming as those recommendations are developed.

--Michael Snow