[Foundation-l] Would you consider being on the Board?

Michael R. Irwin michael_irwin at verizon.net
Tue Jun 13 20:52:12 UTC 2006


Fred Bauder wrote:

>On Jun 13, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
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>>Michael R. Irwin wrote:
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>>>A bigger stacked Board micromanaging the community will leave us  
>>>in the
>>>future right where we are now.
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>>I'm curious.
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>>What can the board and management (whatever its structure) *do*  
>>that will be better?
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>>What are examples of things a hypothetically ideal management would  
>>do *right*
>>that the present management is not?
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>Deal with marshaling assets and legal resources to deal with  
>defamation litigation. Tackle the problem of how to effectively avoid  
>such litigation.
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>Fred
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Good idea Fred!

That reminds me .....

1. Establish some sane policy on conflicts of interest between 
organization members internal responsibilities and external interests

2. Extract Jimbo from the appearance of the ability to abuse or 
mismanage the Wikimedia Foundation for personal gain.

regards,
lazyquasar




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