On 4/20/07, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
Considering the question about transparency, have these things been annouced widely?
Not really. But consider that, in a perfect world, the Board would be meeting 4-6 times a year, exchange maybe a hundred emails in that time period, and write some strategy ("ends") documents on BoardWiki and Meta. Board members would most frequently participate in their function as regular community members. This current Board is actually communicating at about the level that I would expect for official Board communications, if not more so. More of this responsibility needs to be moved to operations -- the VolCo, the future ED, the Com. Director, and so on.
As for who has done what, please note that the Board typically decides internally who is going to coordinate a particular process or make some announcement. So I was picked to lead the discussion about mission & vision statement, Kat was asked to coordinate the licensing policy debate, and so forth. The Chair can act more autonomously here, as doing so is less likely to cause disruption on the Board level.
I think blogs for Board members could have value for larger scale announcements & communications than these mailing lists permit. They may also be less likely to cause hair loss, ulcers, rashes, and broken furniture. ;-)