to recap the virtual meeting, The board adopted the following ‘edicts’ and ‘motions’
(adopted) edict 1.0 – The vision of the Pratoriate Foundation will be stated as thus: “Providing a sustainable, multi-located, searchable repository for personal and social development to help create a better world through providing knowledge and training.”
(adopted) edict 2.1- The board must appoint an executive director to run administrative operations as defined by the board.
(tabled, further clarification) edict 2.2 – The Pratoriate Foundation will avoid associations with groups, movements or ideas that distract from its core vision as defined in edict 1.0.
comments: while the board agree in principal it was the decision that this should be better defined especially in terms of the word ‘distract’ and its definition in context.
(adopted) Motion 1.0 – The interim executive director shall be the official executive director ‘David J Kelley’ as of 1/5/2014.
(adopted) Motion 1.1 – The executive director will create a draft operation set of rules [by laws] with the intent of created an NPO [out of this Foundation].
Additionally the intent is to pass this draft to the board for comment and review.
The Foundation adopted the following for goals this year:
1. Increase the size of digital library in a usable format but not for public release due to copy right issues.
2. Open the physical library in a to be determined location to the public.
3. Create the organization as a Legal NPO by end of Q2-14
4. Start a foundation specific marketing campaign by end of Q3-14
5. Add 500 new books to the manual of civilization
Additionally current projects were reviewed including Foundation and personal related projects and other discussion off the record.
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