Names and titles do not create a community structure. Defining what a
community is and building a true relationship between the community
and the board, that creates a community structure. The name is
completely irrelevant; even moreso when one of the criticisms of this
VC is that it's just a bunch of people looking for titles, so lets
create a position for them.
-Dan
On Apr 2, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
Yes, to finally create a community structure.
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Does the name really matter?
You can call the staff Grand Pubahs and the board
the Great Potentates if you like, but it doesn't change
their role.
-Chad
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Geoffrey Plourde
<geo.plrd(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Or the Working Group on Community Relations?
>
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> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Geoffrey Plourde
> <geo.plrd(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> What if this Volunteer Council has no real offficial standing and
>> solely regulates the Community? No tax problems, right?
>
> This is more along the lines of what I've been thinking about. If the
> VC is a community-based structure, and does not change the governance
> structure of the foundation, it's a moot point entirely. Th VC
> shouldn't change the structure of the foundation any more then the
> chapcom or the languages subcommittee or any other advisory committee
> do. If terminology is a problem, perhaps we should rename it to
>
> something more benign, like "volunteer committee", or "community
> advisory board" or something.
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
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