[Foundation-l] Board voting system

[Jimmy Wales]

Chris Jenkinson wrote:
>> Having an executive committee is part of a longer term restructuring to
>> scale the organization better.  The board is working on a change to the
>> bylaws, though, to enable us to work more effectively.  (And this isn't
>> really about 'silent' members, but rather a technical change so that we
>> do not have to have every member vote on every single thing.)
> 
> 
> What kind of changes are you thinking of making?

Essetially what you said.  So that when we vote on resolutions on the
board wiki, if 3 vote 'yes' then we don't need to wait on the other two,
since even if they did vote 'no' (which is not very likely or common
really since almost all of our resolutions are unanimous) it would make
no difference.

Right now things can be delayed a day or two if a board member hasn't
logged in to edit.  This can happen for any number of reasons (for
example, Anthere having a baby, or me on a plane or in some remote
location with poor/no net access).

> What is the Executive Committee about, then? I was under the impression
> it was to streamline decision making.

Yes, that's a part of it.  But it is also about thinking about scaling
-- we are getting bigger, and the board is working hard to delegate.
There is talk of board expansion, and a larger board should not be
tasked with day-to-day management.

We're working longterm, not just applying a band-aid to current issues. :)



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