Board of Directors

As a registered New Zealand company, Enspiral Foundation Ltd has to have directors. Enspiral’s goal is to distribute vision, strategy, and leadership as widely as possible in the network, so the board has a narrow focus. You can see the details in the Board Agreement.

With recent changes to Enspiral membership and emergence of nodes the role of the board in the network is currently in transition.

Responsibilities

  • Legal and financial compliance
  • Management of major risk
  • Steward of the Enspiral brand

Activities

  • Oversee the Foundation’s financial accounts
  • Make agreements between the Enspiral Foundation and other entities (MOUs, Service contracts)
  • Occasionally make recommendations or raise issues to the members or the network as a whole
  • Approve the formation of new nodes of the network
  • Have some emergency powers to use in rare crisis situations if our other processes have broken down

Reporting

The board reports regularly to the network as a whole on Loomio, and participates quarterly venture reporting (since Enspiral Foundation Ltd is itself an Enspiral Venture).

Scope

The scope board is that the scope is limited - the board specifically focuses on Enspiral Foundation Ltd (not the entire Enspiral network), and within that only governance.

Examples of things within scope:

  • an MOU between the Enspiral Foundation and an external organisation
  • an issue with one of the Foundation’s service contracts (such as Enspiral Ops)
  • a serious concern about brand or reputation risk, or if you’re unsure when it’s OK to use Enspiral’s brand publicly
  • a question about running a transaction through the Foundation’s bank account

Current Directors

Susan Basterfield

I’m a catalyst, cultivator, convenor and curator, helping individuals and organisations experiment with new ways of working and being. I participate in a variety of working groups, engage in acts of ambassador-ing, and work with teams worldwide as a coach and facilitator.

Joriam Ramos

I'm a community catalyst, worldbuilder, and storyteller.

Charley Davenport

I am an experienced systems and technical support specialist and helping people to connect with new technology is at the heart of what I do for work. I'm currently working with New Zealand-based electric vehicle charging network Thundergrid as a Charge Point Operator, with the mission of transitioning transport to cleaner technology. I also work with the Enspiral Venture Greaterthan administering finances. I am also a freelance cellist and adventurous performer and arts advocate in Wellington.

Hailey Cooperrider

I'm interested in how collaboration scales and how networks govern themselves. I work in related fields and also make serious games that help with collaboration and complicated topics.

Joshua Vial

Original founder of Enspiral.