I have not (yet) developed the ability to read Rubin's mind (also: eew),
but I'll take my best shot. My guess is that he's concerned about
unchecked power. If the board/president can block, then it is impossible
for the membership ever to take action to reign in the actions of a
(hypothetical) evil and power-hungry oligarchy. Any proposal that the
membership makes to try and hinder or stop the awesome power of that
fully armed and operational board/president could simply be blocked by
those same evil geniuses. In short: it's a trap.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com">jim@systemateka.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br>
(wtf???)<br>
� �do i read it right? officers (board, president) must not be<br>
members of Noisebridge or at least, if they are members, must<br>
be restricted from exercising their rights of membership, which<br>
is essentially the ability to vote to approve new members and<br>
to participate in consensus process (i'm guessing the intention<br>
is they cannot block a proposal).<br>
<br>
how come?<br>
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On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 19:42 +0100, Rubin Abdi wrote:<br>
> I humbly appreciate Tom nominating me for the board. Sadly I'm going to<br>
> decline. I would like to not be part of or run for the board until some<br>
> sort of consensus is passed to make it a requirement for board officers<br>
> and the president to not be members of Noisebridge (or at least not have<br>
> membership "powers") during their term in office.<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
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