[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

Mon Apr 28 20:04:43 UTC 2008

I stand by my comment. Human nature says that when you give somebody the tools to write their own terms, they are more likely to use those tools for whatever is in their best interests.

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From: Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:39:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 09:36 -0700, Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
>  > Unfortunately, we can't remove most of them. Maybe the Board should not have the power to modify bylaws.
>
>  Erm, considering the Wikimedia Foundation does not have any members, can
>  you tell me who you propose then that be given the rights to modify the
>  Bylaws? The employees?
>

I was just about to say the same thing, KTC.  Perhaps people should
re-read their comments before they post to the mailing list to see if
they *really* want them said and if they make sense.

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Casey Brown
Cbrown1023

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