[Noisebridge-discuss] Board Member Platforms

[Kelly]

> it'd be good if we just selected one new director every
> couple of months at random.

I really like that idea actually.  It looks like most of our board
nominees are clear on their lack of actual power, but I feel like just
having that label and having the election gives the positions social
power.  I feel we should do everything we can to minimize this effect.
 Maybe this can come up for consensus sometime.  We'll see how this
election goes.

-Kelly

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:49 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
>   andy's got it right. shannon said being a director
> is being a fall guy if noisebridge gets sued or has
> trouble with the IRS or some such. the 501(c)3 status
> requires there be a board of directors (and, i believe
> that they meet once or twice each year and keep
> minutes).
>
>   i have two interests:
> * it's typical for groups to develop rules over time.
> this is a bad thing, in the main, and should be
> discouraged. to borrow a phrase from programmers' lore,
> "resist the urge to codify." our lone policy to be
> excellent to each other is pretty good and maybe
> sufficient.
> * i hope we take care of our infrastructure, including
> tools and resources and some basic cleanliness. we'll
> do pretty well with this if morale is okay; if things
> start going to hell, probably we should buckle up and
> get happy together.
>
>   other than that, my interests in noisebridge have to
> do with learning stuff and getting around to doing some
> things.
>
>   there's at best a dubious correlation between
> popularity and competence. i looked at the list of
> personages and think any of them will be fine. i think
> it'd be good if we just selected one new director every
> couple of months at random.
>
> jim
>
>
> On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 17:13 -0800, Kelly wrote:
>> Let the campaigning begin!
>>
>> I am more or less familiar with all of the nominees, but I feel like
>> if I'm going to be voting, I'd like to be informed.  I've made pages
>> on the wiki for each nominee's platform and linked them on the
>> discussion page of the nominee list.
>>
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Talk:2009_Board_Nominees
>>
>> I've only added 2 questions as a template, and I've cc-ed all the
>> nominees in the hopes that they'll answer at least those two.
>>
>> And if people take this as an opportunity to further badger them about
>> their deeply held beliefs, then it's pretty much what they deserve for
>> being suckered into accepting those nominations... Enjoy the
>> democracy, kids!
>>
>> -Kelly
>>
>> PS. I made an attempt to look up John Waters's email address but
>> couldn't find it, so somebody cc him.
>>
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