[Foundation-l] "By electing some of the Board members, who are really few"...

[George Herbert]

On 12/28/06, Gatto Nero <gattonero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2006/12/28, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> > On 28/12/06, Gatto Nero <gattonero at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You said: 4 of 7 members, 5 of 7 members. Nice, but that's not 7 of 7,
> > > and I think this is the first problem.
> >
> >
> > You are actually completely and utterly wrong here. You need outsiders
> > on a board for perspective.
>
> Sure, but we can talk of "external perspective" only when we have a
> complete "internal perspective", that is what we have not.
>

It is widely considered irresponsible for companies or charitable
organizations NOT to have external representatives on the board of
directors.

If you believe that there is an internal communications problem, then I
support you publicizing it and working to end it, but getting rid of
external-ish board members is a terribly wrong solution.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com