FUDcon Board Meeting

Rahul Sundaram metherid at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 16:43:23 UTC 2012


On 01/21/2012 11:34 PM, inode0 wrote:
> 
>> If the board is shy to take up issues, the net result is that fewer
>> people will consider bringing up the something to the board and I would
>> argue that it is already the case (see the traffic trends in this
>> mailing list from a few years back to now) and that reduces the overall
>> effectiveness of the board as a governing body.  The problem is in part
>> because the scope of the board doesn't seem to have defined clearly.  We
>> don't seem to have a written constitution or charter yet.  That needs to
>> be fixed.
> 
> One might also conclude from a different perspective that the board is
> succeeding in empowering other members of our community to act without
> involving the board in as many issues and a reduction in the number of
> issues brought before the board simply reflects that.

That's why the board needs a charter to define its scope and document it
so that the difference is expectations isn't merely a matter of
perspectives.

Rahul


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