Re: [OSCOM] about bylaws, board and committes

On 9/17/06, Martin Bähr <mbaehr-J82dVEKiPgVsIEQYbtjsvCEcasqEdqbRs2V0tQ3P5b8@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:45:10AM -0400, Dave Bauer wrote:
> > I wrote a similarly themed post with different ideas, but luckily I
> > read Paola's first. I think his ideas are better than mine for the
> > type of organization OSCOM is set up as.
>
> i'd like to read those ideas anyways, even if you think they are not as
> good...

Ok, here goes:

I referred to the .LRN Consortium proposed rules to get their
organization going again:
http://openacs.org/xowiki/en/%2eLRN_Governance
The basic idea is that the board serves the legal requirements, and
can help resolve disputes. The board appoints a leadership committee,
which is similar to the list of members for OSCOM. The leeadership
committee gets the work done by building consensus, but the board can
overrule them. The reason the board has this power in .LRN is that
members have to pay to join which is different from OSCOM. The paying
members get to vote on who gets on the board.

But similar to OSCOM the board lets the leadership committee take care
of the goals of the organization, unless the board doesn't agree. This
is the difference between my ideas and Paola's idea.

Dave
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