[Foundation-l] Volunteer Council - A shot for a resolution

Sun Mar 16 01:38:14 UTC 2008

It's contradictory then:

"The role is to supplement the decisions made by the Board, or - 
according to some- guide and control those decisions (similar to how a  
parliament guides and controls a government),"

-Dan
On Mar 15, 2008, at 9:18 PM, effe iets anders wrote:

> <q> Except where it pertains to its own procedures, no decision of the
> Provisional Volunteer Council shall bind any person. </q> I doubt it  
> can be
> more clearly stated? :)
>
> BR, Eia
>
> 2008/3/16, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com>:
>>
>> The page on meta does not indicate that it is limited only to
>> reporting and recommending. In fact, it explicitly says in one spot
>> that the VC would have power to control board decisions.
>>
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>>
>>> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>>>> And the solution for a lack of transparency is a new organization
>>>> with
>>>> undefined powers, whose members are selected on a "short list" by a
>>>> foundation insider, instead of a more open method of people being
>>>> able
>>>> to submit their names for consideration openly and transparently?
>>>>
>>>> -Dan
>>>>
>>> Powers limited to reporting and recommending doesn't exactly pass as
>>> undefined.  Sure we expect that the VC would have more, but for  
>>> now we
>>> are only considering the PVC.  There is no reason to expect any
>>> broader
>>> powers until the fall, and that would require an additional Board
>>> resolution.
>>>
>>> Ec
>>>
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