[Foundation-l] Would you consider being on the Board?

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 6/13/06, Michael R. Irwin <michael_irwin at verizon.net> wrote:
> The Board and Management could acknowledge that the Projects manage
> themselves according to approved procedures and core values and focus on
> delivering a robust, adequate infrastructure.
[snip]

With about 900 words in this last post alone I find you to be
excessively active on this subject.

Please decrease your volume. The current excess of low quality
speculation and conjecture is making it difficult for people whom have
other obligations  to participate or follow the discussion.

That said, I did want to respond to this point of yours (the only one
I bothered reading):

What makes you think that the project 'manage themselves'?  As far as
I can tell many of the projects substantially mismanage themselves.
Most of the wikipedias, for example, are loaded with inaccurate and
potentially libelous material and the projects have thus far
formulated no systematic solution to addressing such quality issues.

Many people work on our projects, but virtually all of them work
exclusively on what they consider 'fun' and in this manner many things
are accomplished. However, there are many important things which
almost no one considers 'fun', and these things end up neglected as a
result.   Worse we seem to have this misconception embedded in our
culture that this sort of extreme disorder with its inherent flaws is
a fundamental aspect of all volunteer organizations. I wonder how many
Wikipedians have ever volenteered before, certantly not many!