[Foundation-l] Board Election 2008 : fake candidature ?

Mon Jun 2 11:52:18 UTC 2008

2008/6/2 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com>:
> Well it appears the Board wants to be the drivers, ie manage the Foundation.

What makes you say that? Managing the Foundation is Sue's job and,
from what I've seen, the board seems to be leaving her alone to do her
job as she sees fit, for the most part, and just offering general
guidance on the direction they want the Foundation to go it, which is
exactly what a Board of Trustees is meant to do. You don't need to be
an expert on non-profits to decide what general direction you think
one should go in. It's a matter of personal opinion. We should elect
someone whose personal opinion most closely matches our own, so it
really is a popularity contest. Experts are needed, but they are
appointed, not elected (although, obviously, if the person elected
happens to be an expert as well, all the better), so we don't need to
worry about that.