[Foundation-l] New Wikimedia Committees

Mon Jan 30 08:49:02 UTC 2006

Erik Moeller wrote:

> Ideally, the ED position should not matter all that much if we design 
> the committees properly, and make sure that no single person can make 
> too big mistakes. And, on the positive side, an "outsider" Director 
> can hopefully be removed without too much of a fuss if he or she turns 
> out to be a problem. 

That sort of thing needs to be spelled out in his employment contract.  
If the contract makes it clear that there would be no big severence 
package it makes it a lot more difficult for him to argue for one in court.

> I understand that the plan is to wait with hiring the ED until we have 
> the surrounding structures in place and working. That makes sense, 
> because it allows us to see more clearly what role they should have in 
> the organization, and very precisely define it, preferably also in the 
> form of workflows and use cases. This might also lead us to using a 
> different title, such as "Administrative Director", or, as you 
> suggested, "Business Manager". 

That's a better name.

Ec