Freegle Board

Freegle Board of Directors

In order of last name, the current people elected to the Freegle Board are:

Jacky Barrett

John Carroll

Ollie Clark

Cat Fletcher

Edward Hibbert

Andy Ludlow

Alison Redway

Andrew Widgery

Tina Willcox

All Directors above were elected by election of the volunteers of Freegle UK to be the first Directors of Freegle Ltd when the new IPS became live.

Responsibilities

Directors are also Trustees of Freegle Ltd. http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/trustees-staff-and-volunteers/trustee-role/becoming-a-trustee/ explains what is involved in being a Trustee.

The Board and Member activities are subject to the adopted Rules of Freegle.

Roles

The Board elects Directors to the following roles:

• Board Chairman - Edward
• Company Secretary - Andy
• Finance Director - remit Finance Role Remits - John
• Board Secretary - Alison
• Chief Technology Officer - Edward
• Head of Media - Cat
• Head of Volunteers - Tina
• Health and Safety Officer - Ollie

Retirement Cycle

From the Rules:

56. At the first annual general meeting all elected Directors shall stand down. At every subsequent annual general meeting one-third of the elected Directors, or if their number is not a multiple of three then the number nearest to one-third, shall retire from office. The Directors to retire shall be the Directors who have been longest in office since their last election. Where Directors have held office for the same amount of time the Directors to retire shall be decided by lot. A retiring Director shall be eligible for re- election.

Discussion Group

The Board discussion group is at [1]

Board Meetings

The Board aims to meet monthly, discussion via Skype messaging. The Minutes of the meetings can be found at Freegle Board Minutes 2014 The 'mechanics' of Board Meetings are detailed in Board Meeting Procedure.

Contact

Our Board can be contacted via board@ilovefreegle.org or directors@ilovefreegle.org