Lawrence Lessig is an excellent suggestion, probably would be my
Candidate A for the job if he wasn't 'besties' with Jimmy Wales..we
have already had issues with the staff and board working together in
secrecy without the community's knowledge, we should not have to go
through it again.. I agree w
Lodewijk, this is a very valid point, thanks. My understanding is that
this process done in private has lost some of its credibility with the
staff and the community, and thus I would like to get some understanding on
how we can do that same process in the open, without offending anyone. In
the w
While I love public discussions, I must say I always feel a bit awkward to
discuss people in public, unless there is no other choice.
To discuss people without them agreeing to it, may even be considered rude
by some. You're throwing up names, which can realistically only lead to
people supporting
For the inside, I would think Yana W would be a good candidate, but as Raul
Veede suggested on FB, it would be bad to loose her expertise in her
current role.
Dan, I think you are right that we are not yet ready to have a drop-in
replacement simply because we should figure out what went wrong firs
I'm agreed with Dan and Nathan (well, Nathan's implied point) both.
Right now we need stability. I'd much prefer an interim ED appointed
from inside the organisation or movement, ideally someone who has been
watching what's been going on. And then time for healing and
reflection in that space of s
I met him, he's amazingly focused and radical, I appreciate his brand of
intellect very much. But I think suggesting candidates for the ED position at
this time is jumping two steps ahead of where we are.
We just screwed up. We were all dragged through months of an awkward collapse
of our leade
Lawrence Lessig has done wonderful things for the free culture movement
(including making that very phrase famous!) I am pretty confident, given
his recent interests, that he would not want this position,but he's well
worth discussing anyway.
Though I don't know Larry Lessig personally, I do know
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Yuri Astrakhan
wrote:
> I would like to continue the discussion of who, in an ideal case, would be
> a good fit for the ED position. This person has to fit culturally, share
> movement's values, and be a trusted figure in the time of rebuilding.
>
> Lawrence Less