Hi, On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 00:43 +0200, Jeff Waugh wrote: > I'm saying no because in the general case, it's not basic agreement that is > the problem, it's the finality and commitment of execution that is. Even on > this particular issue, there was broad agreement among board members (in the > past) that a smaller board would be more capable of making quick decisions, > but no change was made (there is no need for a referendum - but I think we > would have done one anyway, as a matter of community consultation). Now that > I have a different perspective on the problem, I'm glad we were unable to > execute it previously. Oh, the irony. > > Consensus and execution become crippling problems because no director has a > responsibility to the organisation to push it forward (by either dropping an > issue for that term or executing it).
I'm not convinced you can do this with 11 people though - it's too big a number to create synergy between the team, as you mention in a previous mail about the usual numbers for these types of groups. I do agree with your proposal for a standard 4 member elected executive. Having 3 committee members on top of that seems like it would complement that, rather than the additional 7 which feels too crowded, hence why I'm voting "YES" ;) Glynn _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
