In a message dated 12/30/2007 8:06:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, erik@wikimedia.org writes:
I see no reason why any decision for transitions to Board or Staff should not be made on its merits until a specific policy governing such transitions in place. We're in the middle of a relocation and the setup of a new office, and part of Sue's desire to bring me in is to have me help with the orientation of new staff: These goals would be impeded by waiting for 6 months to join.
We are not talking about a complete restriction of such transitions, after all, only about a delay; if the discussion had focused on eliminating even the possibility of Board members joining the staff or vice versa, it would be much more problematic.
On 12/30/07, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
Nowhere in the proposal does it say "on its merits" or "unless inconvenient." The discussion, which you seeming supported, was precisely about a "delay."
Indeed, and as the minutes also record, it was a brief discussion, not a vote. On the day after the meeting, Mike Godwin & I sat down and discussed the best way to implement such a policy. He recommended that a policy of this nature should not be implemented by way of a simple on-wiki Board resolution, but through a direct revision of the bylaws (to make it more permanent), and I passed this recommendation on to the Board on October 8.
This, by itself, meant a delay in implementing such a decision, as now the nature of the discussion shifted to whether or not the Bylaws should be revised and through what process. I am not privy to some of the additional discussion that followed after I withdrew from the process.
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