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On Monday 26 April 2004 15:39, Corey Shields wrote: |
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> No reason to get defensive here. Yes, I feel that setting up the NFP |
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> quickly is the best thing to do, but I guess I was wrong in assuming that |
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> people assigned to the board would know what that means and what the board |
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> will do, for all I know right now it's just a name. I don't think that |
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> coming up with a responsability list for the board should delay the NFP |
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> creation much, maybe a couple of hours or so. I was thinking that maybe |
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> this was already done and so I was asking. You mention some of the |
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> qualifications for the board below, and that they will have a |
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> responsability in the financial area, but that's about it. Will the board |
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> as a whole replace you and your responsabilities outright? In what |
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> capacities will the board work as opposed to managers? If these kinds of |
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> questions are not answered in the creation of the NFP board, then I retract |
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> my original statement that the NFP creation needs to come first. |
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> I understand that EVERYTHING can't be laid out beforehand and that many |
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> things will smooth out with time, but there has to be a little thought put |
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> into some issues beforehand. |
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Actually, some people have allready thought about this. Why do you think that |
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the NFP was delayed as it was. Please understand that this kind of criticism |
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is for Daniel almost like a personal attack. Even if it comes from people who |
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have not thought everything trough. |
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Gentoo has become a very big problem and indeed much pressure has been applied |
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upon Daniel's shoulders. What has been a fun hobby during evening hours for |
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some, has been a day-and-night job for Daniel. One that asked at least 80 |
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hours per week, and that on a lousy pay. |
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At this point have some faith that everything will be figured out. We got this |
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far, we will not let it go to waste. |
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> Ok, so where is the line drawn between issues that the board needs to |
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> handle and issues that managers will handle? Sure, right now there's not |
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> much difference because most (if not all) board members are managers as |
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> well. But, 2 years down the road, that may not be the case. I hope that |
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> for the sake of burnout and efficiency that it's not. |
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To draw the fine line in this will be the job of the board. Yes this will be a |
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whole new idea, but it will work out. Also look at sven's email for more |
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explanation. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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