[Noisebridge-discuss] Declining board nomination

[Tom]

I have not (yet) developed the ability to read Rubin's mind (also: eew),
but I'll take my best shot. My guess is that he's concerned about unchecked
power. If the board/president can block, then it is impossible for the
membership ever to take action to reign in the actions of a (hypothetical)
evil and power-hungry oligarchy. Any proposal that the membership makes to
try and hinder or stop the awesome power of that fully armed and
operational board/president could simply be blocked by those same evil
geniuses. In short: it's a trap.

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:

>
>
> (wtf???)
>    do i read it right? officers (board, president) must not be
> members of Noisebridge or at least, if they are members, must
> be restricted from exercising their rights of membership, which
> is essentially the ability to vote to approve new members and
> to participate in consensus process (i'm guessing the intention
> is they cannot block a proposal).
>
> how come?
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 19:42 +0100, Rubin Abdi wrote:
> > I humbly appreciate Tom nominating me for the board. Sadly I'm going to
> > decline. I would like to not be part of or run for the board until some
> > sort of consensus is passed to make it a requirement for board officers
> > and the president to not be members of Noisebridge (or at least not have
> > membership "powers") during their term in office.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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