On Dec 17, 2007 2:01 PM, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Michael has helped greatly in the first years of existence of the Foundation, so I hope you will have a thank you thought for him. You hardly ever heard of him, but he was really helpful a several critical moments in the life of the Foundation.
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Or we get a board mostly made of big shots, famous, rich, or very skilled (all things potentially beneficial), but who just *do not get it*. A centralized organization, very powerful, but also very top-down.
Michael Davis is a good example of how there's room for a mixed structure for the board, with community members who get the projects and the culture, and people with valuable skills and experience who come from outside the community.