Governance isn't just about rules and regulations. Governance unfortunately does imply rules and policies based on the overall entity charter, mission, and guiding principals however if it is only about rules and regs then actually a governance program will fail. Sorry, maybe I didn't articulate well.
Danielle Golic Industry Expert & Sr. Process Consultant CSC (415) 370-8093 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Mike Schinkel <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:31:54 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Coworking] Re: Digest for [email protected] - 25 Messages in 7 Topics Hi Max, For clarity, I don't see the term "governance" used by Jerome or myself below. As Alex pointed out earlier we have several potentially distinct issues that we are discussing. In the email thread below we are discussing the need to protect the domain via a legal entity that is distinct from Alex so that in case of bad fortune for Alex the domain continues to be owned and managed by its stakeholders here on the list. -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:19 AM, MaxBuck wrote: > I don't like the term "governance," which suggests rules and > regulations. I don't see either a need or a desire for those things > among coworkers or among those who are expediting their work space. > > What we're looking for, I believe, is simply to catalyze collaboration > on a larger scale (or maybe a different scale) from what we currently > have here. Am I mistaken? > > Max > > On Feb 24, 8:34 pm, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: >> I completely agree. The legal entity is just to put into writing >> what we all believe, then set a couple of options should "something" >> happen. >> >> Jerome >>______________ >> BLANKSPACES >> "work wide open" >> >> www.blankspaces.com >> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) >> Los Angeles, CA 90036 >> 323.330.9505 (office) >> >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Feb 24, 2010, at 7:40 PM, David Troy wrote: >>>> If we can't trust at least one community member to be a good >>>> steward to an asset like coworking.com, maybe we have bigger >>>> problems on our hands. >> >>> I wasn't going to say anything more on this issue but I believe the >>> discussion continues to ignore key points so I'll say it again. >> >>> We all agree that we can trust Alex to be a good steward. (Right?) >> >>> But what we can't trust Alex to do with 100% certainty is to not die >>> and we can't trust him to not get sued into bankruptcy. This is >>> what legal entities (like trusts) are for. Many here argue against >>> it for presumed complication and presumed overhead but that as >>> stated is a red herring as people have ignored the death/bankruptcy >>> concern. >> >>> -Mike Schinkel >>> Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking >>> http://ignitionalley.com >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en >>> . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
