On 3-Feb-07, at 9:22 AM, Juan Vuletich wrote:
- Do you think a stronger leadership from the Squeak Board is needed?
I'm interested to hear from people about just how 'strong' a leadership they think can be provided and how strong they want. There is a simple practical problem with any idea of 'strong leadership' in a completely free and open community and that is that there is no power at all, no force , no control, that the 'strong leaders' can exert unless people voluntarily accept it. If I say "I am the mighty leader and lo! Morphic shall be Pink!" it really has no possible consequence unless a significant number of people think pink. Or maybe unless I can get some more of that mind control drug into the water supply.
This year the current group of people on the board has tried to concentrate on establishing some routines and conventions for good governance. Sure, that doesn't make for great headlines about dramatic leadership but it does, hopefully, result in a well established, legally sound, open, transparent and honestly run foundation. After that we collectively can start work on raising money and more excitingly, spending it.
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