[Foundation-l] Provisional Volunteer Council - proposal sent to the Board

[Ray Saintonge]

Chad wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>   
>>  > just because you're a lvl5 sysop on 3 projects and lvl30 bcrat on 2
>>  > others doesn't make you qualified to make legal decisions for a
>>  > non-profit.
>>  I don't think anyone is presuming that it does.
>>     
> Then please tell me how Effe's chosen group is qualified to make these
> decisions. I'm not seeing any special experience for any of them that
> makes them especially useful in deciding the future of the Foundation's
> structure...seeing as we apparently need to fix that.
>   
The PVC isn't deciding anything; it's making recommendations.  You seem 
to be imputing powers that aren't there.
> Now, if I'm wrong and some of the PVC members have experience in
> non-profit governance and incorporation, please allow them to step
> forward and inform us. Up until now, I see _no_ qualifications other
> than being a suck up.
>
>   
What kind of experience are you looking for?  Several of the people have 
shown a long-standing interest in the idea well before Lodewijk did the 
hard work to turn the idea into a resolution.  Many have long 
reputations of their own and deep commitments that are not built on 
being "suck-ups".  I find your suggestion that they are suck-ups offensive.

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