(Resent with corrected subject header and attribution -- apologies for
my errors.)
Thomas Dalton writes:
I don't
this characterization is entirely fair, Lodewijk. The
opinions
of the community and the chapters about governance of the Foundation
and its projects, as expressed here in foundation-l and elsewhere,
were weighed heavily in the course of the Board's consideration of
its
governance issues.
It can't of been. There's been very little (if any) discussion about
chapters appointing board members, since the idea never really came up
(it may have been mentioned in passing once or twice). If the board
wanted our opinions, they would have had to ask for them.
I think it's an error to infer, simply because the particulars of the
Board restructuring were not vetted through you, that chapter and
community concerns did not weigh heavily on the Board as it considered
all the goals it was attempting to meet through restructuring. I can
assure you that your general comments and feedback here and elsewhere
figured prominently in the Board's consideration of these issues.
--Mike