Having lurked here for years, I thought I'd finally weigh in on this... <div><br></div><div>The tradition at Noisebridge has always been that the board appoints who the membership wants (as decided by consensus) in the positions of president, secretary and treasurer. The first set of officers were chosen just because they were the ones willing to do the job. When Mitch stepped down as Treasurer, Jeffrey was decided because he was doing a lot of work in that direction already. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I realize it's ironic for me to weigh in on this, having been the only person to block consensus ever, and on exactly this issue, in choosing Mitch for President. I think Jof did an excellent job and we got one more great person really involved in the workings of the organization. It'd be fabulous if such a thing could happen again, although I can't/won't block anything any more, as my membership is on hiatus. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It would probably facilitate things for the members if "the board" (i.e. a small group of people who are reasonable and care) came up with some good candidates for the members to agree to. (and not try to bully the members into accepting them...)</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Dr. Jesus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j@hug.gs">j@hug.gs</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Danny O'Brien <<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com">danny@spesh.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> That sounds like an idea.<br>
><br>
> In other news, shouldn't we be shambling toward the<br>
> nomination/consensus process for the executive officers?<br>
><br>
> Somebody remind me what the process here is: I remember it all ending<br>
> with a pseudo-random allocation of Jof, but I also vaguely recall<br>
> nominations being board-initiated.<br>
<br>
</div>It was a regular membership meeting if I remember correctly, but there<br>
was too much booze for any decisions which were made to be rational.<br>
<br>
The bylaws say that the board elects the officers, full stop. How<br>
much the membership should be involved is up to the board.<br>
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