August 30, 2018 2:34 PM, "Carsten Agger" <ag...@modspil.dk> wrote:
> On 08/30/2018 03:49 PM, Nikos Roussos wrote: > >> I have been (and still am) member/supporter of various non-profit >> organizations and none of these >> apply the kind of democracy you envision. Rightfully so, in my opinion. As >> an example, I'm a member >> of EFF but there is no democratic way for me to be elected in the Board of >> Directors, or >> participate in their private strategic meetings. Same applies for FSF (US). > > Many NGOs that I know of are run as traditional associations, with a yearly > general assembly as te > highest authority, a board elected by the participants at the general > assembly; with all members > being eligible to attend the general assembly and run for the board, and > membership being open to > everyone (maybe with well-defined limitations, such as a profession or > geographical area) willing > to pay membership dues. That's true for most associations, but even in these cases usually there are some limitations on how you get to be a member. In many associations, besides paying a membership, it is required that some existing members vouch for you. This provides some short of web of trust, but also acts as a fail-safe, preventing a group of people taking over an association just because they have the money to do so. ~nikos _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
