[Foundation-l] thoughts on leakages

[Dan Rosenthal]

Exactly, you don't know about the others, and neither do we.  
Therefore, it's an additional safeguard just in case. Even the most  
upstanding board member could find themselves in a tough situation and  
be tempted to take the easy way out, and the threat of an impeachment,  
so to speak, will act as an impetus for them to always do the right  
thing, even when that is not the easy thing.

-Dan
On Jan 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Florence Devouard wrote:

> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>> No, I'm not at all suggesting any committee be formed to police the
>> board. What I'm saying is that it's impossible for the board to  
>> police
>> themselves, so the community as a whole needs to do so, by having
>> impeachment power. The exact same way that the entire community has
>> the ability to elect members to the board, the entire community  
>> should
>> have the power to remove members from the board. And by that, I do  
>> NOT
>> mean waiting  until the term is up and then not voting for them.
>> Without external enforcement power, in this case a potentially angry
>> community, there is no incentive for the board to remain transparent.
>>
>> -Dan
>
> I dunno about others.
> But I do not need the incentive of knowing someone can remove me, to  
> try
> to be transparent. That's... an internal caracteristic.
>
> ant
>
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