[Foundation-l] Volunteer Council - A shot for a resolution

[Dan Rosenthal]

The page on meta does not indicate that it is limited only to  
reporting and recommending. In fact, it explicitly says in one spot  
that the VC would have power to control board decisions.

-Dan
On Mar 15, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>> And the solution for a lack of transparency is a new organization  
>> with
>> undefined powers, whose members are selected on a "short list" by a
>> foundation insider, instead of a more open method of people being  
>> able
>> to submit their names for consideration openly and transparently?
>>
>> -Dan
>>
> Powers limited to reporting and recommending doesn't exactly pass as
> undefined.  Sure we expect that the VC would have more, but for now we
> are only considering the PVC.  There is no reason to expect any  
> broader
> powers until the fall, and that would require an additional Board
> resolution.
>
> Ec
>
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