On 18 August 2014 15:49, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 03:07:51PM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:Interestingly I think you're speaking directly (and well) to a point I
> On 18 August 2014 14:31, Carl Trieloff <cctrieloff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 08/17/2014 09:13 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > > It is a problem with the Board structure because there have been many
> > > people who have been on the board who have tried to do things only to
> > > find that the board does not have any 'power' to enact anything.
> >
> > The best leadership does not use executive power to make things happen.
> > Vision, common purpose, supporting culture, ability to try and
> > fail/learn, and some metric to understand if progress is being made is
> > far more effective leadership. To me the discussion is to keep the
> > current passive parts the board does, but to take on a former mentioned
> > in a active role to facilitate for the project.
> >
> > Hope that makes sense.
> > Carl.
> >
>
> It does. However the best leadership will not get anything done if there is
> no one willing to help out or no budget to pay for the resources that the
> people need to enact things. What happens is in those cases is that the
> leadership or people leave to find the places where they can get the
> resources they need. We have been very good about being able enact small
> things that don't require a lot of resources but anything larger needing
> long term focus, more than a couple of volunteers and a laptop... we tend
> to fall apart quickly around the 6 week mark. Various people think that the
> Board (or being a member of the Board) can fix that but it had none of the
> tools either.
mentioned earlier about the FPL's ability to bring in other roles as
needed. What if that included someone with actual funding power?
I think that would help many areas where long term continuity is needed.
Stephen J Smoogen.
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