[Noisebridge-discuss] Jof for ED? Discuss!

jim jim at well.com
Thu Mar 4 04:39:40 UTC 2010



seriously: yes! random selection seems best. 



On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 10:18 -0800, Shannon Lee wrote:
> So, imagine the following mechanism for selecting an ED:
> 
> 1.  take the members list
> 2.  remove everyone's name who is currently at the meeting.
> 3.  remove everyone's name who is not likely to just show up to do
> something.
> 4.  put all those names in a hat
> 5.  chose one at random
> 6.  seek consensus on that person as ED
> 7.  if you cannot get consensus, GOTO 5
> 8. you have an ED.
> 
> That's essentially, but not literally, what we did.  We got lucky on
> the first pick.
> 
> --S
> 
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:08 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>         
>           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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