Re: Vote NO on referendum to reduce board members

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

I agree with Liam.  His observations
match my interpretation of my experiences on the Board.

regards

Bill

Liam R E Quin wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 09:45 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
>  
>
> > [...] many of us notice that the large
> > size of the group causes irrelevant distraction, even when urgent
> > decisions are necessary. That happens even with the best people.
> >    
> I find it happens with teleconference consisting of only two or
> three people at least as often, if not more often than with
> larger groups.
>
> With a larger group you're more likely to have someone chairing
> who can move the discussion along.
>
> I still think the problems being reported are nothing to do with
> the size of the group but to do with lack of clear process and
> with poor delegation.  These are not easy to fix, but I don't
> think changing the group size will help.
>
> Liam
>
>