On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Nagarjuna G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Deepa Paul |ദീപാ പോള് > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> <snip> As mentioned in the answer to an earlier question, FSF India is not a >>> mass movement and is not a democratic organisation. >>> </quote> >> >> I think the above sentence is little misleading. First Part is OK. >> But I believe Democracy exists within its board. >> >> The process to select board does not need to be democratic completely. >> for eg: GPLv3 drafting will be failure if it was decided completely >> by users participating in drafting process. There was commitee ( not >> democratically elected ) to analyse and take the needed . >> >> But Democracy within the board is very important. It may be true that >> FSF India is not working on electoral / Representational democracy. >> That is Ok. But Democratic decision making in the board is important >> to make it as a democratic structure >> > > I also think that the statement is too short and does not sound good. > > It may be changed to something like: > > FSF India is not meant to lead a mass movement, but it may support a > mass movement, or its members may join or lead such mass movements. > The members of the board are selected from the among the leads from > within the free software community of India, and the selected board > of directors members work democratically. >
That sounds good Deepa > 'not democratic' does not sound good. We can make an amendment to > the FAQ after hearing some more constructive criticism. > > Nagarjuna > _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list [email protected] http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
