--- Mohammed Elzubeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.arabeyes.org/download/documents/about/charter-ar.pdf > [snip snip] > > By no means is 'core' meant to be some elitist group. It is simply a > means to manage the overall project while giving individual projects > freedom to operate with great autonomy.
'core' is no where close to elitist or in an 'ivory tower', we conduct all our meetings in the open and invite anyone to join-in and listen (a few had done that in the past). All our minutes and agendas are online in CVS and we welcome any and all criticism especially those that relate to improving the process and Arabeyes (given they don't focus on personal issues and stick to substantive topics). http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/ae_admin/ A few things to note while on the topic of the charter and 'core'. 1. We've talked about annual elections to elect 'core' members but have not yet drawn-up the text or instituted the policy - we should have that done soon'ish. 2. In the charter, I would much rather replace items 7c, 7d and 8 with an odd number of people to constitute 'core'. This would be much easier to comprehend and much easier to deal with (its all-around simpler and doesn't require any more effort from any one person and fosters and sense of equality). If OK'ed, 'core' will have to grow to 5 people. Salam. - Nadim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
