<quote who="Dave Neary"> > What we've shown is not having a full-time director has been a mistake
It has actually been a very helpful learning experience -- understanding what the purpose of that role should be, by grokking the gaps. It's less obvious what that role ought to be now that we're so far away from the "Executive Director" assumption. > I agree that expecting a 7 person volunteer board to take care of the > administration and day to day running of the foundation is asking too > much. It would be, but luckily, that's not the situation we're in. We have a very good part time administrator in Zana, who has done a fantastic job picking up the pieces of our previous administrative mess. It's very easy to simplify this issue, and I think it's a mistake to do so. Defining the role and hiring someone for it has been and will continue to be a very tricky task. We have to be very comfortable choosing between large target and small target goals. Just hiring for an "Executive Director" role would put us firmly in the small target zone, which is probably not the right thing to do. I don't even think it's necessary. Things change -- what was taken for granted while you were on the Board may not be the case now. - Jeff -- GNOME.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://live.gnome.org/Melbourne2008 The Unix Way: Everything is a file. The Linux Way: Everything is a filesystem. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list