[Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

[John Vandenberg]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is no requirement to know everything.  There is a requirement to
>> make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see
>> it*.  If a trustee persistently abstains on the big decisions because
>> they cant see *it* (no vision), or wish to avoid scrutiny, they are
>> abusing their right to abstain and failing the organisation as a
>> trustee.
>
> If they do it persistently, then sure. Is there a board member that is
> doing it persistently?

How could I know that as previously abstainers were not recorded as
such.  My hope, expressed in my original email to this list, is that
looking forward abstentions will be well explained in the minutes or
forcibly curtailed if abused.

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John Vandenberg