[Foundation-l] Opinions/suggestions for "outside" members of the board?

[Gerard Meijssen]

Anthere wrote:
> Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>   
>> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On 6/19/06, Erik Moeller <eloquence at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On 6/20/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Of course you don't.
>>>>> Should we decide to accept someone who is qualified and experienced it
>>>>> would preclude selecting you.
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> Is there a policy against personal attacks on this list?
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> You're not qualified or experienced in terms of running a non-profit
>>> foundation or large scale publishing, this is a matter of fact. You
>>> are tireless politicking for a position on the board.
>>>
>>> It would be inapproiate to quies criticism of board hopefuls.
>>>
>>> If I am mistaken and you have no intention of ever serving on the
>>> board, please say so publicly and I'll apologise and never again point
>>> out that you never do much except worthless posturing.
>>>
>>> Alternately you could spend some of the time you spend writing
>>> proposals and conjecture and instead get something done, and then
>>> perhaps I'd have a reason to support you rather than point out how
>>> inaccurate the claims you make about your own importance are...
>>>       
>> Hoi,
>> Sorry to butt in. But I can testify to Erik DOING things.. Have a look 
>> at http://wiktionaryz.org Much of the technical work done is his. Erik 
>> has published many designs for improvements of the MediaWiki software, 
>> asked for comments and modified the designs where needed. Many of these 
>> projects he proposed are now active parts of projects. Erik has had an 
>> effect on all projects; he was largely instrumental in creating Commons 
>> and Wikinews. You may not like the guy, you may not like his ideas but 
>> he certainly has proved that he influenced the Wikimedia Foundation and 
>> he is certainly one of the more influential people of our community
>>
>> My question would be: do /you /know your who is who and, what is /your 
>> /claim to fame.. ?? I know you from the mailing lists ..
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    GerardM
>>     
>
> Hello,
>
> When personA questions personB importance/authority in an organisation, 
> that does not mean personA claims to be famous himself.
>
> Ant
Hoi,
PersonA did not question either importance or authority, he questioned 
personB's capability. After pointing out that personB has a track record 
of accomplishments, it makes sense to ask whether personA knows what he 
is talking about. It makes as much sense to ask what accomplishments 
personA has as this might indicate first hand experience.
Thanks,
    GerardM