[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

[Ray Saintonge]

Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the rationale was explained: The  
> Board wants the Chapters to have more involvement in the governance of  
> the foundation, and since the chapters presumably would know good  
> candidates for the board (as they'd probably have already identified  
> some as candidates for their own boards) the move benefits both Board  
> and Chapters. Presumably, these would be something like "appointed  
> community seats"  as opposed to "elected community seats".
This could very well be the case, but Chapters do represent national 
interests. Perhaps some day chapters should indeed be represented, but 
I'm afraid that at this stage it's a half-baked idea that opens up a 
whole new can of worms.

Ec