Replace the principal developer board seat

Removing the seat simplifies Foundation governance, and appears to be a
popular move. More discussion can be found on the forum https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/dev-fund-proposal-dev-fund-to-ecc-zfnd-major-grants/35364/17?u=mhluongo
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Matt Luongo 2019-11-15 00:27:10 -05:00 committed by Daira Hopwood
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@ -342,9 +342,10 @@ To manage the dev fee and fulfill its community and diligence duties, the
Foundation shall maintain a board of 5 independent members. Rather than the
structure in the current bylaws, the board will consist of
* 1 seat voted on by ZEC holders directly.
* 1 seat voted on periodically by ZEC holders directly.
* 1 seat representing a newly created research advisory board, whose primary
role will be technical diligence of potential recipients of the dev fee.
* 1 seat for a member of the investment community.
* 1 seat for the "principal developer", a privileged recipient of the Zcash
dev fee acting as "first among equals" amongst a variety of dev fee recipients
building on Zcash.
@ -356,11 +357,18 @@ The Foundation requires a professional board. Board member selection should
heavily favor candidates with existing formal public or private sector board
experience.
Board seats should rotate periodically, while maintaining long enough terms and
overlap for consistent governance.
Each board member should bring a unique network and set of skills to bear to
increase the impact of the Foundation.
Outside the seat for the principal developer, no board members shall have an
ongoing commercial interest in any recipients of the dev fee.
No board members shall have an ongoing commercial interest in any recipients of
the dev fee.
Considering their expertise, the Foundation shall deliver a transition plan,
including a board election schedule and report on the feasibility of a future
coin vote process to determine a board seat.
The ECC as the principal developer
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