[Osia-members] [osia-fin] Why I'm still here

[Ryan Cross]

Seconded.

Glad to see a fuller and more robust board. Looking forward to great
progress.

Ryan Cross
ryan at crossfunctional.net
http://crossfunctional.net
M: 0431 947 331
O: (02) 800 800 99



On 5 February 2018 at 12:23, Mark Phillips <
mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would also like to add that I asked, nay pleaded, with jack and Ron to
> continue on as OSIA directors. They both, as well as Alexar, did an
> outstanding job guiding OSIA through the difficult times over the last few
> months. We cannot afford to relinquish any available knowledge going
> forward.
>
>
> As you can see from the portfolio's each director has accepted that our
> main push is going to be both member support and public policy. What is not
> mentioned is that both Jack and Ron are across both areas for both advice
> and as sounding boards. Their previous involvement, over many years, has
> given them a unique understanding of OSIA's history.
>
> On a personnel note,  if not for Jack, the last week would have been a
> nightmare in trying to understand let alone manage the infrastructure for
> OSIA.
>
>
> So I would like to thank Jack, Ron and Alexar for remaining on the board
> of directors.
>
>
> Mark Phillips
>
> Chairman OSIA
>
>
>
>
> On 05 February 2018 at 11:45 Jack Burton <jack at saosce.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Evening, all.
>
>
> Please note that I am posting this on my own behalf and therefore am
> not speaking on behalf of the OSIA board here.
>
> At the 2017 AGM, I made it clear that my intention was to serve as
> OSIA's company secretary only until the end of January. I reiterated
> that intention in the lead up to the December 2017 SGM.
>
> So, having now seen the February update that just went out, some of you
> are no doubt wondering why I did not step down as planned at the 27 Jan
> board meeting -- and I feel I owe you all an explanation for that.
>
> My reasons are threefold:
>
> 1. During the January SGM I was asked to stay on as company secretary.
> There being nobody else willing to take on the role, I agreed. Whilst
> that role was very demanding during the interregnum, the burden will
> not be anywhere near as great now that the rather unusual governance &
> compliance issues inherited late last year have been resolved, so I was
> happy to continue in that role. A lot of claims have been made recently
> on this list & elsewhere that the compliance obligations of a public
> company are too onerous for OSIA. I do not believe those claims and
> seek to use the remainder of the current term to disprove them by
> providing a counterexample.
>
> 2. CPTPP. Whilst we've known since November last year that something
> was afoot, the announcements by the remaining TPP parties a day or two
> before our January SGM made it clear that the objectionable treaty had
> indeed risen from the dead and was in need of slaying once again.
> Having spent 5 years fighting TPP the first time around, I feel obliged
> to rejoin the fray now. Of course I could have contributed to any
> submissions OSIA may lodge on that front as a member regardless, but
> there are certain other aspects of OSIA's planned actions on the matter
> to which I feel I could contribute more effectively as a member of the
> board. To that end I look forward to working closely with Josh -- and
> indeed with other concerned members and with the good folks from Linux
> Australia.
>
> 3. The future of OSIA. Everything above could have been satisfied by my
> remaining as company secretary but still stepping down as a director. I
> have chosen to remain as a director as well because I believe that it
> is essential that the .au FOSS industry regains & retains its own
> independent voice and I believe that OSIA remains the most suitable
> vehicle through which to embody, indeed amplify, that voice. So
> naturally I want to lend my support to -- and help establish -- OSIA's
> second renaissance.
>
> At the 2017 AGM I said that due to the demands of several other roles,
> I simply did not have the time to commit to serving as a director of
> OSIA for the full 2018 term. That was true then and it remains true
> now. So how can that possibly work? I will simply make the time. During
> my previous term on OSIA's board I often exhorted my fellow directors
> to do just that -- and I'm certainly not above taking my own advice.
>
> Some things are worth fighting for -- in my opinion OSIA's future is
> one such thing.
>
> [As an aside, I'd like to apologise for not participating in the
> discussion on osia-members@ about OSIA's future since the January SGM.
> I have had other pressing matters to attend to in the few short days
> since my return from Sydney. However, some interesting points were made
> in that discussion. Some of those raised by Arjen in particular I think
> warrant a response and I intend to rejoin that discussion within the
> next couple of days.]
>
> Notwithstanding the rather piecemeal way in which the current board
> came together over the last couple of months, I believe we now have a
> group of truly outstanding individuals on the 2018 board and I'm very
> much looking forward to working with every one of them.
>
> Under Mark's leadership, I expect that in time we will build an OSIA
> that not only regains, but eventually exceeds the levels of credibility
> & influence in the public policy sphere which we had in 2016, enabling
> us to deliver outcomes beneficial to the .au FOSS industry as a whole.
>
> I hope that the strategic addition of certain member services, such as
> those that Mark & others have spoken of before, will serve to bolster
> OSIA's future successes in its core public policy mission.
>
> And I believe that with the advent of collaboration between OSIA &
> Linux Australia on matters of mutual concern, both the industry and the
> community will be better off.
>
> No matter what my circumstances or other commitments, I ask you -- in
> all honesty, how could I *not* sign up to a vision like that?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> --
> Jack Burton FACS CP <jack at saosce.com.au>
> --
> Director, Saosce Pty Ltd (OSIA Member #50)
> Company Secretary, Safecoms Cyber Security Pty Ltd
>
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