[Foundation-l] board candidacies
Lars Aronsson
lars at aronsson.se
Sat Aug 12 14:23:01 UTC 2006
Anthere wrote:
> This has been the case for over 2 years now. Until last
> december, I had a job and it was not an issue to use my own
> savings. It has become an issue.
I have no easy solution for your individual case, but the
situation is likely to be the same for every board member. One
strategy to make the burden easier is to make it a routine to
serve one or two years on the board and then leave. This can
sound like a recipe for chaos, always having beginners on the
board. But on the other hand, the board members would have an
increasing number of former board members to consult. Being a
senior and acting as a mentor for new board members doesn't
require time and money for travel or babysitting. You can still
travel and give speeches, if you wish, but there would be more
candidates for each such task. Board membership would not be a
destination, but a place you pass through.
(Let me point out that I, LA2, have no position and no wish to
have one within any Wikimedia project. I never participate in
wiki votes. This is not because I dislike Wikimedia, on the
contrary, but because I want to remove any suspicion that I might
have mixed interests with other projects where I'm involved.)
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Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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