[Foundation-l] Future Board election procedures and guidelines

[Ray Saintonge]

Delphine Ménard wrote:

>On 7/14/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>To take a perfectly hypothetical case. Let us say the foundation
>>board members are worried that notorious troublemaker Tweedledee
>>is going to run for board of trustees membership. And despite his
>>tendency to rouffle feathers, or perhaps because of it, they fear
>>Tweedledee might easily do well in the elections, maybe even get
>>in.
>>
>>So the trustees have a bright idea! They hire Tweedledee,  as an
>>employee in charge of paperclips and hand him a red stapler
>>giving him a desk at the basement of the foundation office.
>>
>>Now, there is a rule that there is an X month quarantine
>>during which former employees may not run for elected
>>office.
>>
>>So,  X minus one months before the election, they fire Tweedledee,
>>ensuring that Tweedledee may only run after X minus one months
>>plus the term between elections.
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>What about Tweedledee's free will and intelligence? When Tweedledee
>accepts the paperclip job, he surely has weigh the pros and cons of
>getting hired, it's not like it came as a surprise.
>
I would have concerns about the intelligence of a person who accepts a 
job counting paperclips.  I would quesion his suitability for a 
responsible Board position, and let my vote be guided accordingly. :-)

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