[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

[Geoffrey Plourde]

First, the Board sent the ball on Wikicouncil back to the Community, then the Board made community elected seats a minority. 
Because of our principles, we attract a lot of people who are suspicious of authoritarian structures. This move seems kind of authoritarian. 



----- Original Message ----
From: George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:50:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

Yes, that's clear and evident from the discussion.

The question is - Why?

The reaction is out of proportion to the proposal.


-george william herbert

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> People are afraid that the Board is forgetting why it exists.
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>  ----- Original Message ----
>  From: George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>
>  To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:19:02 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring
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>  I am somewhat perturbed by the reaction here.
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>  Perhaps this was not the best approach for the Board to restructure
>  its membership, but to leap from that to the assumed bad faith a
>  number of participants here have expressed is highly disturbing.
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>  This has not been an episode of healthy skepticism.  I assume that
>  everyone has the overall projects' best interests in mind, but the
>  level of distrust is disturbing, and does not evidently stem primarily
>  or originally from the actual chapters select two of the board members
>  proposal.
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>  Why has this been simmering off in the wings?  What are people
>  actually upset about?
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>  -george william herbert
>  george.herbert at gmail.com
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