Talk:Board of Directors - Revision history

Rfs at 01:00, 16 March 2006

2006-03-16T01:00:04Z

2006-03-15T22:28:30Z

Terms

2006-03-15T22:28:23Z

Terms

2006-03-15T22:27:45Z

2005-08-04T01:01:54Z

this is long and out of date. can we tidy it?

2005-06-22T16:04:59Z

2005-05-21T21:48:38Z

Test cases

2005-05-21T18:56:57Z

= What about Board Net USA?

2005-05-21T18:56:38Z

Test cases

2005-05-21T18:46:01Z

Added Linus Torvalds and George Soros as test cases

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	I got the terms current board members are serving from http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/directors/2005-October/000619.html and included them on the page.		I got the terms current board members are serving from http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/directors/2005-October/000619.html and included them on the page.
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		+	[[User:Rfs\|RfS]] 14:28, 15 Mar 2006 (PST)

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		+	== Terms ==
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		+	I got the terms current board members are serving from http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/directors/2005-October/000619.html and included them on the page.

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		+	''So, uh, can we winnow this down some? It doesn't quite represent the current state of the Bod discussion, or of the Bod for that matter. Some issues should remain, i suppose, or find themselves another home on the wiki if they're important enough to keep.'' --[[User:Ideath\|Ideath]] 18:01, 3 Aug 2005 (PDT)
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	== [[Background: What does FreeGeek want from a Board of Directors?]] ==		== [[Background: What does FreeGeek want from a Board of Directors?]] ==

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	[[http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2005-May/001286.html Recommendation to Council]]		[[http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2005-May/001286.html Recommendation to Council]]
	Boardnetusa matches charities with prospective board members		Boardnetusa matches charities with prospective board members
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 === Suppose we invited Linus Torvalds ===
 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds Background on Linus Torvalds]]
-[[User:Mnr|Mnr]] 11:56, 21 May 2005 (PDT) : Linus is certainly a "hero." Is he familiar enough with Freegeek philosophy? Or does it matter.
+[[User:Mnr|Mnr]] 11:56, 21 May 2005 (PDT) : Linus is certainly a "hero." Is he familiar enough with Freegeek philosophy? Or does it matter. Do we want him on an advisory board, or in a decisional making position.
 === Suppose we invited George Soros ===
 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_soros Background on George Soros]]
-[[User:Mnr|Mnr]] 11:56, 21 May 2005 (PDT) : Soros is also a "hero." Do we want a billionaire capitalist on the FreeGeek BOD?
+[[User:Mnr|Mnr]] 11:56, 21 May 2005 (PDT) : Soros is also a "hero." Do we want a billionaire capitalist on the FreeGeek BOD? Do we want him on an advisory board, or in a decisional making position.
 === What about Board Net USA? ===

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 [[User:Mnr|Mnr]] 11:56, 21 May 2005 (PDT) : Soros is also a "hero." Do we want a billionaire capitalist on the FreeGeek BOD?
-=== What about Board Net USA? ==
+=== What about Board Net USA? ===
 [[http://www.boardnetusa.org link to boardnetusa.org]]
 [[http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2005-May/001286.html Recommendation to Council]]
 Boardnetusa matches charities with prospective board members

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	Dont you think it would be useful to limit the scope of the board somewhat? having the potential for a board decision that conflicts with a council decision makes me feel funny... bad funny. It seems to me that some sort of "checks and balences" type system is in order, so that the democratic nature of FREE GEEK can continue. It works great for our federal government, right? ... right? [crickets chirping] --[[User:Revphil\|Revphil]] 01:31, 19 Apr 2005 (PDT)		Dont you think it would be useful to limit the scope of the board somewhat? having the potential for a board decision that conflicts with a council decision makes me feel funny... bad funny. It seems to me that some sort of "checks and balences" type system is in order, so that the democratic nature of FREE GEEK can continue. It works great for our federal government, right? ... right? [crickets chirping] --[[User:Revphil\|Revphil]] 01:31, 19 Apr 2005 (PDT)
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		+	== Test cases ==
		+	=== Suppose we invited Linus Torvalds ===
		+	[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds Background on Linus Torvalds]]
		+	=== Suppose we invited George Soros ===
		+	[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_soros Background on George Soros]]