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

[Ray Saintonge]

Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> 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.
>   
The resolution being put forth now is at 
[[Meta:Wikicouncil/Resolution]].  It is important to distinguish between 
VC and PVC.  The VC may very well end up with more powers, and those are 
necessarily undefined at this stage.  The PVC, however, is strictly 
limited by virtue of sections 4, 5, and 9 of the resolution.  The "power 
to control board decisions" may very well have been a part of someone's 
comments in the discussion, but it is not in the resolution.

Ec
> -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
>>
>>