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

effe iets anders effeietsanders at gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 01:18:58 UTC 2008


<q> Except where it pertains to its own procedures, no decision of the
Provisional Volunteer Council shall bind any person. </q> I doubt it can be
more clearly stated? :)

BR, Eia

2008/3/16, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester op gmail.com>:
>
> 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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