Re: Reducing the board size

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Leslie Proctor wrote:

> >  My experience is rather that all board members are
> > busy members of the
> > community, so getting people do do things is hard.
> > If you get 7 persons
> > instead of 11 you reduce also the amount of
> > available time from board
> > members. People running for the board will need more
> > time upfront to
> > fullfill their board member requirements.
> >
> > Daniel
> >    
>
> I'm with Daniel on this.  This will decrease the
> effectiveness of the board, not increase it.
I agree; the fact that the people with the most votes don't necessarily 
have the most time to contribute undermines the whole "7 is more 
effective" position.  I also don't agree that 11 is "too many"; maybe 15 
or 18 would be too many for consensus, but I think that if one of 11 
elected members feels so strongly that they will block consensus, maybe 
it would be just as inappropriate for a smaller Board to make such a 
decision on behalf of the Foundation.

Bill