[Foundation-l] Board statement of responsibility

[Anthony]

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  > As to your suggested changes in wording, feel free to make those
>>  > recommendations to the Board. Again, it's worth keeping in mind that
>>  > the drafting of this Statement was done at Board request.
>>  >
>>
>> That definitely surprises me.  How exactly did the Board make such a request?
>
> How do you mean? They probably discussed it in a board meeting and
> decided that one of them would go and talk to Mike (or maybe Sue, as
> his boss) and ask him to draw up a draft agreement. How else would it
> happen?

Generally when a board makes a request it does so by passing a
resolution.  Resolutions are the means by which a board acts as a
board.  One problem with discussing it in a board meeting and deciding
that one of them will go and talk to Mike or Sue, is that leaves a lot
of room for miscommunication as to what exactly the board is
requesting.  This is especially true when there is disagreement among
the board members as to what exactly they want, which appears to be
the case in this instance.