Charter

    The charter of OpenMPE is to engage in the business of acquiring control and/or licensing of the MPE/iX Computer Operating System and associated environment from the Hewlett-Packard Company for the purpose of continuing to support and enhance it well beyond the scheduled "End-of-Life" date announced by Hewlett-Packard. This is to be done as a cooperative non-profit entity owned and operated by its Board of Directors, employees, users of the MPE/iX operating system (via User Policies), and vendors providing applications, utilities, and services that depend upon the MPE/iX operating system (via Vendor Policies).

Bylaws

Board of Directors

    The initial Board of Directors shall be selected by popular vote, one vote per company for every company that potentially could qualify as an owner of OpenMPE. The make up of the initial board should be nine people in the following ratio: 2 people from the "End-User" sector, 2 people from the "Consulting" sector, 2 people from the "Application Vendor" sector, 2 people from the "Utility Vendor" sector, and 1 person from Hewlett-Packard. Because MPE/iX is an internationally used product, at least two of the initial board should be from outside the United States. The make-up and size of the Board of Directors going into the future is at the voting discretion of owners.

Board of Director Meetings

    The Board of Directors shall meet on a regularly scheduled basis. The frequency of these meetings is subject to change and should be determined by the board. These meetings do not have to happen face to face, but rather can be done via conference call and/or other electronic means. Emergency meetings can be called by any board member, given there is enough time for all board members to respond with their ability to be present or not.

Board of Director Voting

    Any board member may call a vote on an agenda item at any time. Any other board member may move that the vote be deferred for a specific period of time, given a reason. Motions are carried by a majority of ALL board members.

Minutes of Meetings

    The minutes of each board meeting will be recorded and circulated to the board prior to the next meeting. Once the minutes of past meetings are accepted they will be made public record for all owners. Any board member may call for an agenda item to be "non-disclosure". If the majority agrees, then that item will not be included in the public record.