On 5/18/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, In a perfect world, it would not need a board resolution to hire staff.
I'd say in anything less than a grossly mismanaged world, the hiring of staff would not require a board resolution. I'll let you guess at where I'm going with that.
Hiring staff except on a managerial level should be something that is taken care of on the operational level of the organisation. Also, what are you asking for? Is it really necessary to have full public disclosure for the whole Wikimedia community to comment on??
I just want to know who made the decision. There are two parts to the decision, by the way, the decision to hire a part-time business developer (with a particular job description), and the decision to choose Vishal Pattel to fill that position. I'm not really concerned with the second half of that decision, but I am interested in who is to blame for the first.
I certainly never meant to imply that a board resolution was necessary. If the answer is that X created the position and filled it as part of his/her duties as Y, that's the answer I was looking for.
I think that would be a really bad idea if we also want to get something done. You may also know that there are weekly board meetings.. so I am sure that it was discussed on the appropriate level.
If the answer is that it was discussed among the board and they all agreed it was a good idea, that's the answer. Of course, if it has already been discussed at a board meeting, why not have a vote?
You may have missed it but the guy was a known quantity as he had been an intern prior to his appointment in this position. We were not told either what interns we have and how well they do.
Hiring an intern is one thing, hiring a business developer is quite another. And again, I'm not questioning the choice of whom should be in the position so much as the choice to have the position in the first place. Ant's email is filled with question marks, and in my opinion many of these questions should have been answered *before* such a position was created. So, to repeat, I just want to know who to blame.
Move on, it is not (y)our business.
As someone eligible to vote in the upcoming board elections, I think it is my business to know whether or not any of the people up for re-election were involved in this decision.
Anthony