Annual General Meeting 7th of November 2008

The Annual General Meeting of the CAcert Inc. association for members (only) will be held on the 7th of November 2008, 22:00 UTC. (see worldwide schedule)

Nominations for Member of the Committee

At the upcoming AGM, the Committee ("board") is dissolved and a new one is elected. A new Committee should be formed for the term that follows the AGM, up to the next AGM, where the same procedure applies.

The Committee ("board") consists of 4 office bearers (board members with a special task and title) and 3 members. The current board consists of 3 office bearers and one member. By nomination and acceptation the membership can force vacancies on the board similar as has been done on general meetings in 2006 and 2007.

The following nominations of association members for board election 2008 have been received by the Secretary:

Name

Nominated by

Seconded by

Acceptance

Comments and link

Robert Cruikshank

Teus Hagen

Guillaume Romagny

yes

RobertCruikshank

Teus Hagen

Guillaume Romagny

Robert Cruikshank

yes

TeusHagen

Evaldo Gardenali

Teus Hagen

Robert Cruikshank, Guillaume Romagny

yes

EvaldoGardenali

Guillaume Romagny

Teus Hagen

Robert Cruikshank

yes

Guillaume_ROMAGNY

Philipp Dunkel

Teus Hagen

Greg Stark

yes

Philipp_Dunkel

Sam Johnston

Philipp Dunkel

Gary Lee Adams

Not received by Secretary before Deadline

SamJohnston

Greg Stark

Robert Cruikshank

Guillaume Romagny, Gary Lee Adams

yes

GregStark

Alejandro Mery Pellegrini

Gary Lee Adams

Philipp Guhring

yes

AlejandroMery

Closing date of nomination/secunding and accepting the nomination for board election is 31 October 11 pm UTC.

Nominations for board directors should be sent to the Secretary (evaldo at cacert.org) in signed email. Make sure you CC it to the cacert-board at lists.cacert.org. Also, if you want someone to second your nomination, CC that person. Certificate for the secretary can be found at EvaldoGardenali

Nominations for New Members of the Association

The following persons were nominated for association membership:

Nominee

Nominator

Seconder

comment board

Mario Lipinski

Evaldo Gardenali

Gary Lee Adams

accepted m20081030.1

Pete Stephenson

Gary Lee Adams

Guillaume Romagny

accepted m20081030.1

Daniel Black

Gary Lee Adams

Edgard Alves Costa

Evaldo Gardenali

Guillaume Rogmany, Gary Lee Adams

decide on AGM2008

Users and Members Suggestions

These are collected here for discussion and consideration before any AGM. There is no obligation. Special resolutions have to be received by the secretary before the 17th of October 2008.

    (c) Nominee must not have any conflict of interest with CAcert goals and principles. Examples:  being employed or contracted with either a Certificate Authority, Intelligence or similar Agency.

    (1) If a member enters in any conflict of interest with CAcert goals and principles (Examples:  being employed or contracted with either a Certificate Authority, Intelligence or similar Agency) , that person must [....]

      (e) Conflicts of Interest and perceived conflicts of interest (defined
in 6 (2)) are to be declared upon nomination. The committee may reject or
accept subject to reasonable conditions the nominees application.
      (f) In case of a conflict, the association membership can only be passed
on the next AGM. (TODO or SGM?)

    (2) Conflicts of interest can arise because of a:
      (a) personal interests being contrary to the goals and interests of
CAcert, or
      (b) if a persons has strong ties via employment, association or
obligation to an entity with goals or interests contrary to CAcert,
    (3) A member must notify the secretary of any conflict of interest or
perceived conflict of interest as soon as they reasonably become aware
of the conflict. The committee decides the continuation of the
association membership of the member notification or on the failure of
the association member to comply reasonably to the conflict of interest
disclosure. (TODO - resolutions that the committee can do need to be here e.g. -  The committee, based on the conflict of interest declaration, will have the power to expel or impose reasonable conditions on the members continued association membership.)

Resolution

Proposed By

Seconded By

Notes

Conflict of Interest Rule 3(c) and 6(1)

Guillaume Rogmany

Teus Hagen

not for vote on AGM2008