modification to the rules of governance to reduce the size of the EOB

This motion also updates the list of cohorts to reflect the board
membership as of the end of the 2014 Evergreen conference.

This motion was put to the vote on 19 March 2014 and passed.

Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>

diff --git a/governance.txt b/governance.txt
index f1863c8..5ccca5c 100644 (file)
--- a/governance.txt
+++ b/governance.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Composition
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 [loweralpha]
-  . The Board shall consist of eleven members.
+  . The Board shall consist of nine members.
 
 Term
 ~~~~
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ Term
     of incoming Board members will begin.  If no Evergreen Conference 
     is held during a calendar year, terms will begin and end at
     midnight EDT on April 30.
-  . One-third of the Board positions shall be open for election each
+  . Approximately one-third of the Board positions shall be open for election each
     year.  To implement this, each Board seat shall be designated a
     member of a cohort labeled "A", "B", or "C".  Appendix A lists
     the cohort and next election date for Board members as of
-    12 April 2013.
+    23 March 2014.
 
 Officers
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -257,12 +257,10 @@ Appendix A -- Board cohorts
 | A | Rogan Hamby | 2015
 | A | Ben Hyman | 2015
 | A | Kathy Lussier | 2015
-| B | Lori Ayre | 2013
-| B | Jim Corridan | 2013
-| B | Dan Scott | 2013
-| B | Amy Terlaga | 2013
-| C | Galen Charlton | 2014
-| C | Stephen Elfstrand | 2014
-| C | Elizabeth McKinney | 2014
-| C | Stephen Wills | 2014
+| B | Shauna Borger | 2016
+| B | Chauncey Montgomery | 2016
+| B | Andrea Bunz Neiman | 2016
+| B | Yamil Suarez | 2016
+| C | Grace Dunbar | 2017
+| C | Ben Shum | 2017
 |=====================================================================