Re: Reducing the board size

2005-09-15 Thread Bill Haneman
Murray Cumming wrote:... The fact that we are considering a referendum for this, even though it's not strictly necessary, proves that we have difficulty reaching consensus on stuff that can move us forward. I disagree; this is the sort of important decision that IMO should require a

Re: Reducing the board size

2005-09-15 Thread Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller
Hi, I +1 holding a referendum on this. Christian On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 21:01 +0200, David Neary wrote: Hi all, There has been some discussion on reducing the board size on the board, and the one point which is clear is that this discussion should be in public. I'm in favour of

Re: Reducing the board size

2005-09-15 Thread JP Rosevear
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 21:01 +0200, David Neary wrote: Hi all, There has been some discussion on reducing the board size on the board, and the one point which is clear is that this discussion should be in public. I'm in favour of reducing the board to 7 people. I would like to see us

Re: Minutes of the Board meeting 2005 Aug 31

2005-09-15 Thread Fernando San Martín Woerner
El mié, 14-09-2005 a las 13:57 -0400, Daniel Veillard escribió: ... Agenda: === * Region events (e.g. Brazilian Forum - Tim has been talking to the organizers there, about a second one) GUADEC is the main event but not everybody can go so we should encourage local events, and

Re: Reducing the board size

2005-09-15 Thread Richard M. Stallman
It sounds like increasing the size of the board by 3 people could achieve both of the goals that Dave was talking about: to get more things done, and to have more contested seats (provided enough people decide to run so as to make a real contest). ___