2009/2/10 Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com:

Why are there seven seats on the board? I can see why there might be seven roles, but why seven people?

Because we had a discussion (on meta, I think) and that's what we decided. We thought there was too much work for 5 people and 9 people seemed unwieldy and unnecessary. (And even numbers result in even splits which are always awkward.)