I apologize in advance if this message isn’t crafted well as I’m on the 12th hour of a 16 hour journey to Berlin - spotty internet, “great” food and minimal sleep. My top priorities have been ensuring continuity, and maintaining sustainability within the Foundation. I apologize if I’ve missed anything personally during this time. Also apologies for lack of linking to other docs/posts since the internet is indeed horrible.
Clarifying Recent Items and Board Dynamics
- Eelco’s Departure: Eelco formally stepped down from the Foundation at the time of his post. He officially doesn’t make any decisions, votes or attendance in board meetings since. During and after his departure, the remaining board members worked diligently to restore stability. This effort led to burnout among several board members, leaving me as the sole person formally maintaining operations within the Foundation.
- Managing Responsibilities: To handle these responsibilities, I’ve decided to split my time between ensuring our legal entity remains active—with significant help from our part time hire, Kate—and supporting the Nix Constitutional Assembly (NCA) focusing on achieving a long-term governance resolution.
- Board Rotation Process: While I’ve been able to take on these interim responsibilities by sacrificing some personal and work matters, one task I couldn’t complete was reducing the board size below three members due to bureaucratic and legal constraints. Therefore, we needed to wait for the Steering Committee (SC) to assemble and assist with the new formal Board Rotation process. This is why you see non-board members still on the legal documents/website. Though it is valid feedback to remove folks on non-legal platforms.
- Eelco’s Continued Involvement: Eelco continues to assist with financial approvals, but his involvement is limited to that area. Once the SC is formed, we will proceed with the board rotation process, which I was preparing to present in the State of the Union address at NixCon. This is also due to an issue with requiring Dutch speakers/access to some of our bank platforms.
I’m here for anything. Ping me and I’ll do my best to respond/resolve. I’ll be landing in Berlin in about 6 hours so also happy to meet in person!
Very excited for what the team bringing NixCon together has been working on for a long time!