[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Tim Landscheidt <tim at tim-landscheidt.de> wrote:
> "Brianna Laugher" <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > [...]
>
> > (Ironic...
>  > We are happy to let the content in the world's top reference source be
>  > decided by anyone who puts their hand up, but not the governance nub
>  > of same.
>  > When do we under- and when do we over-estimate our own power?)
>
>  > With the recent professionalisation of WMF - massively expanded staff,
>  > and the end of the "working Board", is this fear still well-founded?
>  > (if it ever was)
>  > [...]
>
>  IBTD. A lot of users will happily create articles, revert
>  vandalism and ensure NPOV on their turf but won't be inter-
>  ested to follow foundation "politics" and so will either not
>  participate in elections or maybe cast their vote for the
>  most populist candidate.
>
>   What I find most interesting about the whole quest for
>  councils and board seats (vulgo: power) is that there is no
>  incentive to those positions: The funds are earmarked (and
>  rather small) and as soon as you make a decision that is
>  contrary to the community's consensus, they will walk and
>  you will have to cover yourself whether Amy Winehouse is so-
>  ber or stoned at the moment. Or, in other words: There is no
>  power because you cannot give orders to volunteers.
>
>   Personally, I would not mind if the current board's terms
>  end 2099 as long as the servers are running, MediaWiki is
>  maintained and developed and the financial conduct does not
>  cross any legal limits.
>
>  Tim
>
>
>
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I fully agree.

Bryan