Consultation on bylaw amendment: allow non-member directors (withdrawn)

[ramcq (Robert McQueen)]

Hi Nate,

@n8willisgithubwhySSO

@ramcq

this is not about the here and now, it’s about how this could work, or not work, for the Foundation in future.

That seems to contradict this statement from the initial announcement:

The change is for all future elections, not just this one.

@n8willisgithubwhySSO

The Board would like to complete the bylaw amendment process before nominations open for the 2022 Board of Directors elections.

and the current timing. Which is a big part of the procedural problem.

Pushing through a change that would be auto-adopted wouldn’t be good any time of year. But it’s also problematic to let the timing be dictated by its benefits to candidates in the upcoming election.

Respectfully, I think this is the crux of our difference in opinion here. I do not regard timing the change to take place before the election, having announced it almost a year ago, as a procedural impropriety, because eligibility to stand in and of itself does not advantage one candidate over another when we get to the election process. The potential non-member candidates, should there prove to be any, after passing the more rigorous nomination process, will be presented on an equal footing to the other candidates in the election.

@n8willisgithubwhySSO

I am deeply disappointed to now see that you’ve started another ticking stopwatch on the vote-based mechanism. For a moment I thought we were going to be having a real discussion of the underlying issue and whether or not the specific proposal addresses it and solves it.

Which is still would I would like to see, and is the process I believe an open organization ought to deeply and enthusiastically prefer.

I believe that myself and other board members have responded to all of the questions raised here by members, and we continue to be happy to do so during the voting period. As to whether you support the board’s assessment of the situation, and hence whether you believe this change might be beneficial is up to each member, who can indicate their support or dissent in the vote.

Many Thanks,
Rob