Jimmy to Erik Moller
I hope that you will support me in efforts to quickly expand the board to include not only more people from the community, but also people who can help us in other ways with professional expertise and/or public credibility. Obviously, this is to be a hot topic for the October board retreat, and quite possibly sooner.
Jimmy shouldn't that be a question to the community at large instead of to Erik Moller in particular? The community has a pretty good track record in choosing able and committed board members, 3 out of 3 so far, an unmatched achievement. Not just producing noise, or in your words, too often "blaming or yelling when something goes wrong".
So I hope your congrats extend to the community as well.
You talk about possibly expanding the board even before the October retreat, or am I misreading your statement, or hint?
I would hope the October retreat is at least partially in order to add depth to these discussions in extensive dialog with the community and making sensible proposals for the community to decide on. Trusting the community to have the final say in matters of this importance is crucial to the long term credibility of the project.
I'm not saying all new board members should be community members. I'm saying: let the comunity vote on the size of the board, and its constituents. Your charisma will ensure that external candidates that you propose will receive ample attention. External candidates who are eager to participate in our mission (willing is not enough) will welcome public debate, even about their achievements and supposedly added value.
Erik Zachte