[Foundation-l] [Announcement] update in board of trustees membership

[Stephen Bain]

On Dec 17, 2007 2:01 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Michael has helped greatly in
> the first years of existence of the Foundation, so I hope you will have
> a thank you thought for him. You hardly ever heard of him, but he was
> really helpful a several critical moments in the life of the Foundation.
...
> Or we get a board mostly made of big shots, famous, rich, or very
> skilled (all things potentially beneficial), but who just *do not get
> it*. A centralized organization, very powerful, but also very top-down.

Michael Davis is a good example of how there's room for a mixed
structure for the board, with community members who get the projects
and the culture, and people with valuable skills and experience who
come from outside the community.

-- 
Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com