On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Haïkel <hguemar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think that the board shied away from strategic planning > because it couldn't do much and we don't want to force things upon our > fellow contributors. By having a council made of doers and leaders, we > may be able to overcome this hurdle. This is where I have an issue with the proposed changes. "A council made of doers and leaders" suggests that the current and past Board members have not been. That's not a problem with the Board structure, per se, but with whom the community selects. If we switch from at-large to group-based selection, there's nothing that suggests we won't end up in the same place. If the board is shying away from action because it "couldn't do much", that's a structural issue that we need to change. It doesn't necessarily require dissolving the current board. The proposal is mostly focused on how we select the Board members and does little to address how we empower the Board to *do* something. (S)electing "doers and leaders" does not give the Board authority on its own. I'm willing to grant that we've been putting the wrong people on the Board (I don't know enough to offer an opinion either way). However this proposal seems to be more along the lines of "if we change how we select board members, they'll magically address the root issue." I do like the proposed changes to how the Board is composed, but I'd really like to see concrete proposals on how this will address the (perceived?) lack of authority. -- Ben Cotton _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
