[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Executive Director

[jim]

   i haven't read other responses as panicked. 
   i've had your objections in mind in reading 
and writing responses. 
   taking a week for discussion seems a good idea; 
i'm for it and think the emails have kicked up 
some good tho'ts. 
   discussion re mitch seems to me a matter of 
trying to meet your objections. could you please 
respond to the various points: 
* meetings are infrequent 
* meetings can be scheduled flexibly 
* attendance can be by phone or other media 
* ED should exercise minimal responsibilities 
* ED should be able to represent NB reasonably well 
* other? 




On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 14:53 -0800, Christie Dudley wrote:
> I would be perfectly happy to "stand aside" if we were facing a binary
> decision right now and there was no better option for the
> organization.
> 
> 
> This is quite clearly not the case.  I think we do the organization a
> disservice by this panic that people seem to be exhibiting.  A week of
> careful consideration, discussion of the merits and drawbacks of
> possible candidates could do us a great deal of good.
> 
> 
> And then next week we can all talk about rallying around or standing
> back on the decision for the candidate we arrive at, no?  It's not a
> huge burden to talk about other people, is it?
> 
> 
> Everyone seems to be panicking that if we don't reach a consensus on
> Mitch specifically, we'll never reach a consensus.  Having a detailed
> discussion on merits and capabilities of each of the candidates is
> healthy.  Shutting down discussion before it even starts cripples us
> as an organization even more than discussion that drags on for weeks
> and months.
> 
> 
> At the last meeting, we pretty much came to a consensus that we'll
> have exactly one week of discussion on candidates then at the end of
> the week select one.  Why is everyone trying to jump to the end and
> not discuss anyone except Mitch?
> 
> 
> This is also creating a very hostile environment for other
> candidates.  I know at this point if I were a candidate and weren't so
> stubborn, I'd probably withdraw my name from consideration simply
> because this has gotten so accusative for anyone who doesn't support
> Mitch.  
> 
> 
> Christie 
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