Bitcoin Foundation: Two Vacant Industry Board Seats Available
As an update to a post in mid-February that indicated a vacant industry seat on the Board of Directors of the Bitcoin Foundation was available, the Foundation has posted an update that indicated that two industry seats are now available on the board. Presumably, this is related to the recent forfeiture of the seat once occupied by Mark Karpeles of Mt. Gox. On February 23rd, the foundation announced the Tokyo-based exchange (now under bankruptcy protection) had stepped down. In order to nominate a potential candidate, one must be an Industry Member of the Bitcoin Foundation. Nominees must....
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Yesterday, the Bitcoin Foundation announced an additional Board of Directors seat up for election. This seat represents the seat vacated by Mark Karpeles. Please see the Bitcoin Foundation blog post below for more information: Update: Election For 2 Vacant Industry Seats. Elizabeth T. Ploshay Mar 10 2014. There are now two vacant industry seats available on the Board of Directors for this upcoming election. Here's the overview: Nomination Deadline: April 7, 2014. To nominate, you must be an industry member of the Bitcoin Foundation. Become a member here. For this election, only Industry....
In an email to eligible voters, the Bitcoin Foundation has noted they are planning to extend their election for two vacant industry seats on their board. Voting was originally expected to end on the 28th of April at midnight, but the Foundation says that date has been pushed up two days to the 30th of April. The reason? Technical difficulties. That's according to chairman of the Foundation's election committee Brian Goss, who wrote the following (via CoinDesk): On account [of] the hiccups we had getting the vote launched as well as the numerous reports of ballots getting stuck in spam....
The initial voting session for two vacant industry seats on the Bitcoin Foundation board expired Wednesday at 11:59 PM, and the initial session of voting yielded no new board members. Announced this evening by Brian Goss of the Bitcoin Foundation, there's "no outright winner", which means another road of voting will be required. The first round of voting saw participation from nearly 75 percent of the Foundation's industry members, with 102 out of 137 ballots submitted. For the seats, a candidate will require at minimum 52 votes. According to Goss, "If no candidate receives 52 votes or....
The voting period for an election that aims to fill in two vacation industry seats on the Bitcoin Foundation board ends at midnight tonight, leaving the bitcoin community wondering just who will help carry on the Board's mission of bitcoin of helping people exchange resources and ideas more freely. The vacant board seats were once held by Charlie Shrem, who was the CEO of BitInstant. Due to legal troubles (specifically, suspicion of laundering in the neighborhood of $1 million), Shrem gave up his seat earlier this year. The other seat belonged to Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the Mt. Gox....
The Bitcoin Foundation announced on Friday afternoon that they're extending the signup deadline for new Industry Members to April 15th. This will allow the members to take part in the upcoming election, as the Industry Member status is required for participation. Next month's election aims to fill in two vacant industry board seats, one of which belonged to disgraced bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The Bitcoin Foundation says, "Any industry member signed up with a current industry membership by April 15, 2014 will be able to vote," and "Any industry member that has a current industry membership....