[Noisebridge-discuss] Jof for ED? Discuss!

jim jim at well.com
Wed Mar 3 18:08:27 UTC 2010


   i believe ancient athenian advice was to 
give the job to someone who doesn't want it, 
i.e. avoid power mongers and those with 
self-serving agendas. 



On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 00:45 -0800, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> Excerpts from Rachel McConnell's message of Tue Mar 02 21:31:14 -0800 2010:
> > In a bizarre turn of events I couldn't describe if I tried, all of the
> > people attending the meeting tonight agreed to put forth Jof as a
> > proposed Executive Director.  Except we determined the office is
> > actually called President.
> > 
> > So.  Could you (yes, you) support, or at least live with, Jonathan "Jof"
> > Lassof as our new President?  If you have objections or simply
> > questions, please do not hesitate to speak up so we can continue with
> > this decision process.  We'd like to do the Real Consensus next week, if
> > possible.
> 
> Awesome, thank you all!
> 
> In some sense, I'm glad this came about in this manner. Having
> candidates self-nominate themselves imposes a sort of selection bias.
> Those that put themselves forward, really "want" to do the job.
> 
> Myself, on the other hand, would be glad to fulfill this duty on behalf
> on noisebridge, but am not eager to jump in as Exec. Director /
> President and change or do anything right away.
> 
> It's my understanding that this position exists only to fulfill a legal
> requirement to have a figurehead at the top of "the corporation", and
> should serve only to represent the rest of the organization by signing
> official documents, and rubber-stamping/signing off on internal matters.
> 
> With this goal/model for leadership (or lack thereof) in mind, I'd be
> happy to accept this nomination, and look forward to working for you all
> in the future.
> 
> Cheers,
> jof
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