Advisory Board re-structuring

I noticed this on the agenda:

Paolo encouraged me to post some questions / here on this; so here we go:

  • Why is the discussion of ideas about the structure of our governance that are relevant to all Trustees, and potentially of interest to other FLOSS non-profits being done in private ?
  • I just noticed that AB fees are not being billed. I assume thinking on re-structuring things here is well advanced. Is there any public idea of the goals or direction of that ?
  • Has the board considered consulting the AB itself in such a review ? so far I’ve seen nothing there.

While the Advisory Board gives only advice, and its advice is frequently ignored - there is a nervousness here about the current board (which owing to resignations of several of the community’s most popular elected members is not as representative of Trustees as it could be) acting hastily to change our governance just before an election. Can the board & MC re-assure the Trustees, that these ideas will be brought to trustees, and discussed before action is taken.

Thanks,

Michael.

Which discussion do you refer to? No discussion has started on this yet. That’s exactly why for the moment we postponed meetings and invoicing, until the path is clearer.

We’ve informed you via e-mail why the AB is not being billed.

The AB has been informed via e-mail about “Postponing October Advisory Board meeting”. I’ve received postitive, encouraging feedback on this from the AB itself.

Actually not. The last time I remember this happened is when several members of the AB warned about putting a staff policy in place. I remember hearing several AB members only said that “because they were friends with me”, which is an undue accusation of me and the AB members.

Dear @mmeeks,

I’ve actually encouraged you to check your sources before making public comments and to provide constructive feedback but it seems like you keep ignoring my invitations to participate in this forum in a positive manner.