[Foundation-l] The Foundation is not a wiki (was Re: RfC: Key priorities for my work)

Anthere Anthere9 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 25 01:18:34 UTC 2006


Angela wrote:
>>>Make sure committees aren't going astray.
>>
>>Only where the big picture goals of the foundation
>>are concerned; the Foundation is NOT AT ALL in
>>the business of community governance. Nor
>>should it ever for legal reasons (we would lose any
>>pretense of ISP protections if we did, of course, IANAL).
> 
> 
> I meant the Foundation committees, like chapters, trademarks, etc.
> Obviously not things like the arbitration committee or any other
> project-related ones.
> 
> 
>>Having every board member try to monitor everything is not an answer either.
> 
> 
> I'm not saying the Board should monitor everything. I'm saying they
> should never be denied access to information when they need it. There
> is no justification for the current situation when Board members are
> explicity denied the right to read private wikis.
> 
> Angela

It is probably much more of a problem when board members do not receive 
information on the other board members activities, such as on the state 
of the audit, the important people met for strategic discussions etc...

Anthere




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