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

Mike Godwin mgodwin at wikimedia.org
Thu Apr 3 00:13:53 UTC 2008


Philippe Beaudette writes:

>   My conclusion is that the members below (as
> well as any others the Board wishes to appoint) should become a  
> working
> group - not a provisional council - and determine what the heck a VC  
> would
> do, clear it legally, and begin to define the process of appointing  
> people
> to it.  That does not, I believe, require a resolution this wordy or  
> with
> this level of detail.

I don't see why a self-appointed working group even needs a Board  
resolution. Such a group could meet, engage other community members,  
and so on, and continue to discuss and develop proposals without the  
Board's having to do anything.


--Mike







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