[Noisebridge-discuss] Declining board nomination

[jim]

good explanation! thanks! you must know rubin somewhat. 



On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 13:09 -0800, Tom wrote:
> 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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