[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Executive Director

[Joel Jaeggli]

On 02/27/2010 03:19 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
> The other important thing about the Executive Director position is that
> if it comes to legal conflict, the Executive Director will have a lot of
> pull in a court of law -- the State of California is extremely likely to
> take the Executive Director's word for what the will of the organization
> is; so it's sort of important that we have an ED who we trust to
> represent us.
> 
> If we want the ED to be a figurehead, it is important that we have one
> who agrees that that's what he or she is supposed to do.

In a highly collective organization, the ED may simply be the person
holding the ED token for the time being.

The requirements from the state's perspective are the ed be responsible
for attesting to the veracity of the corporations financel statements.

Personally (as a nonmember) I fail to see why noisebridge would invest a
lot of extra responsbility or abilities in the ED role. the person
holding the ED role may asssume such responsibilities on the basis of
personal interest or community standing. but there's no particular
reason they should be cojoined.


> --S
> 
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net
> <mailto:jacob at appelbaum.net>> wrote:
> 
>     aestetix aestetix wrote:
>     > Now that it has hit the mailing list, a lot of people are going to
>     be aware
>     > of the "issue."
>     >
>     > Would someone politely explain what the purpose of Executive
>     Director is,
>     > without citing any legalese, and while keeping in mind to be
>     excellent to
>     > everyone else? I'm not asking what the "law" says the purpose is,
>     I'm asking
>     > to clarify why Noisebridge needs one.
>     >
>     > This is really important to keep in mind to prevent this process from
>     > becoming something it's not and shouldn't be.
> 
>     The purpose of the Executive Director has historically been a point of
>     legal liability and as a legal rubber stamp for the Will of the
>     Membership.
> 
>     Best,
>     Jake
> 
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