Don't directors usually elect the executive director? And the directors are elected by the membership?
Code:
(b) Vacancies of a Founding Director resulting from resignation of the director or removal of the director shall be filled by election of a majority of the Founding Members.
This is bitcoin foundation, they should be open about it, and allow members to vote on it. But they are flexing their egos and power trips to show everyone that they ultimately control the foundation.
If we want to get legal about it (while the BOD page is not up to date),
Peter Vessenes would have to resign or be removed from the board entirely to trigger an election. In his blog, he doesn't appear to have said so: https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=214
If PV's still a member of the board of directors, then he did not leave a vacancy on the board. There was simply a title shift, him to non-exec board of directors member, Matonis to exec director. Additionally, the exec director position is typically paid in any organization; as PV referred to it as "this hire", I believe this is the case. The membership at large does not typically control hiring, only via ousting board members who make the hiring decisions.
That's how I saw it ... I suppose the Secretary position is now open, maybe gweedo wants to get elected for that?
I don't want to be elected to any thing.
