[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

[Florence Devouard]

Samuel Henderson wrote:
> Thank you for this reassurance.  I am astonished that the Board would not
> anticipate this (widespread) interpretation of events, or recognize that
> this change would be regarded by many as a power grab by insiders.
> 
> Again, for my part, the presentation of this as if it were not removing
> power from the editing community (which it certainly is) is far more
> troubling than the actual removal of power (which may indeed be a wise
> move).  I remain troubled.
> 
> A general observation, if I may:
> 
> The assumption of good faith becomes increasingly difficult to sustain as
> the power relations become less symmetric.  (The limiting case of this would
> be assuming good faith in national leaders, which the events of the past
> decade have shown to be extraordinarily unwise.)   At the moment the
> difference in power between individual editors and Board members is
> enormous, and growing.  Much of this is for eminently sound legal and
> strategic reasons, but the members of the Board should understand that this
> means that they will need to account scrupulously for their actions if they
> expect to be regarded as good-faith actors.   To expect otherwise is not
> only unrealistic, but frankly underestimates the intelligence of the editing
> community.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sam

Right, but which "power" are we exactly talking about ?

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