[Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 13:19:04 UTC 2012


On 30 March 2012 13:56, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a very welcome move, and I hope it helps build bridges back to the
> community. From time to time we will have very divisive issues to discuss,
> and in such situations it is much easier for the "losing" side in the
> community if they can see that their voice was heard on the board, as
> opposed to the board appearing to make a monolithic decision. In the
> current arrangements it can sometimes seem that the community is divided
> and the board is on one side of that divide. It will be much healthier for
> the movement if the board takes a majority decision in scenarios where the
> community is divided.
> Sometimes it may even be worthwhile to record why the board minority
> dissented.


Yes. This will also avoid, as recently, board members appearing to
later disclaim actions (a vote) that they were in fact responsible for
taking.


- d.



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