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1. meetpa+Kv[view] [source] 2023-11-19 01:55:59
>>medler+(OP)
Update on the OpenAI drama: Altman and the board had till 5pm to reach a truce where the board would resign and he and Brockman would return. The deadline has passed and mass resignations expected if a deal isn’t reached ASAP

https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1726055095341875545

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2. woeiru+HE[view] [source] 2023-11-19 02:48:08
>>meetpa+Kv
There is no scenario here where Sam returns and OpenAI survives as a nonprofit. The board will be sacked.
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3. okdood+a61[view] [source] 2023-11-19 06:33:52
>>woeiru+HE
> The board will be sacked.

How does sacking a board work in practice?

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4. dragon+r61[view] [source] 2023-11-19 06:38:02
>>okdood+a61
> How does sacking a board work in practice?

For a nonprofit board, the closest thing is something "the members of the board agree to resign after providing for named replacements". Individual members of the board can be sacked by a quorum of the board, but the board collectively can't be sacked.

EDIT: Correction:

Actually, nonprofits can have a variety of structures defining who the members are that are ultimately in charge. There must be a board, and there may be voting members to whom the board is accountable. The members, however, defined, generally can vote and replace boards members, and so could sack the board.

OTOH, I can't find any information about OpenAI having voting members beyond the board to whom they are accountable.

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