Hi Olivier, Olivier Hallot wrote on 2010-12-01 11.17:
> 2) I really appreciate *oxygenation*. Letting a chairman "ad aeternam" > in place is a source of trouble and will let him build strong and > unbreakable ties with the BoD, the employees and selected sectarian > members of the Foundation (the "goodfellas"), aiming to preserve his > status and position and offering whatever is needed to keep support on him. > > A one or two year term with one further nominaton will ensure fresh air > (sort of) to the TDF Chairmanship. The leaving chairman can be > reconducted later, but only after another one took his place for at > least xxx month. > > Oxygenation also improves governance and transparency. I see the issues, and what I've said for the BoD goes for the Chairman as well: We don't want anyone sitting on their chair just because of tradition, but without doing anything (positive). However, on the other hand, if someone does a real good job, we shouldn't force him or her to leave just because of the rules. I propose that we do also annually or bi-annually voting of the Chairman, so fresh air can come in, but doesn't need to, if we all breathe like we want. :-) > Are we going to allow memebers of the BoD, AB, and the Chariman to be in > the MC? It doesn't make sense if people combine too many "powers", but in general, there should be no rule against being part of those two. Florian -- Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
