On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There is no requirement to know everything. There is a requirement to >> make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see >> it*. If a trustee persistently abstains on the big decisions because >> they cant see *it* (no vision), or wish to avoid scrutiny, they are >> abusing their right to abstain and failing the organisation as a >> trustee. > > If they do it persistently, then sure. Is there a board member that is > doing it persistently?
How could I know that as previously abstainers were not recorded as such. My hope, expressed in my original email to this list, is that looking forward abstentions will be well explained in the minutes or forcibly curtailed if abused. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l