On 4/10/08, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
--->Board Membership and Employment The board decided there would be no restrictions regarding to a board member becoming a staff member, nor for a staff member to become a board member.
Hmm. Perhaps it would be best to clarify whether this means transferring from the board to the staff and vice versa, or whether it is intended to mean that even simultaneous board membership and staff job are possible. If the latter I have to say I am somewhat surprised....
I think the community has expressed fairly explicitly that such dual roles would mix things up. Though on the obverse side, I suppose arguably the treasurer is in some sense inextricably connected at the hip with staff in some senses.
Of course one way is to not make separation of roles in the bylaws, but just rely on best practises and custom to make sure that in cases where roles need not overlap, they stay in their own bailiwick.
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]