<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div>2017-05-08 15:20 GMT-05:00 James Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 06:28:00AM -0500, Laura Vargas wrote:<br>
<span class="gmail-">> 2017-05-07 21:59 GMT-05:00 James Cameron <[1]<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>>:<br>
> > Please instead build trust.<br>
><br>
> Interesting point of view. Still, please elaborate in this<br>
> suggestion. How to achieve this?<br>
<br>
</span>As there is only one board member asking this question, I'm inclined<br>
to be brief. </blockquote><br><br>Making "decision making process" understandable and friendly should be relevant not only to current board members but also to everyone in the community.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> <b class="gmail-whb"><br></b><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"> ;-) I don't feel I will be heard. <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br>Your opinion is very relevant for our community.<br></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
I ask board members to be more intentional. To decide on their<br>
own individual behalf to resolve conflicts and build consensus. To<br>
communicate more frequently, either privately between individuals,<br>
privately within the board, or publically. To track and measure how<br>
their communication is received. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>This suggestion is really interesting. <br><br> <br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">To identify conflict and reveal it.<br>
To try different communication media to resolve conflict.<br>
<br>
It isn't easy.<br>
<span class="gmail-"><br>
> It's sounds like the chair has the largest role on making procedures<br>
> work...<br>
<br>
</span>That's up to the board.<br>
<br>
It may be helpful for the board to select a meeting chairperson.<br>
<br>
"But we already have Walter!" is an anticipated response; but it isn't<br>
obvious from the outside reading of logs or Wiki that everyone thinks<br>
this, or knows what a chair does.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Maybe, we can start rotating the chair so that every board member can have the opportunity to have the experience and learn. <br><br> <br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
> Thanks for your feedback.<br>
<br>
I'm a board member of several organisations.<br>
<br></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
A few months ago I attended a corporate governance training,<br>
facilitated by a trainer from the Australian Institute of Company<br>
Directors. I've still got the notes, but they are licensed in a way<br>
that prevents my republishing them verbatim. There are similar<br>
organisations in other countries. It's not cheap, costs to me were of<br>
the order of $US 500 in fees, travel, and lost time. I feel it has<br>
been worth it.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>During the meeting we also discussed the possibility to reduce from 7 to 5 the number of seats. Not sure if this is the best way to facilitate the decision making process but it could help.<br><br><br></div><div>Regards and thank you for sharing your experience :D<br><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-h5">
--<br>
James Cameron<br>
<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://quozl.netrek.org/">http://quozl.netrek.org/</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Laura V.<br><font color="#ff00ff"><b>
I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org</b></font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><br>“Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” </span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">~ Laura Victoria</span></font><br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">Happy Learning!<br>#LearningByDoing</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#Projects4good</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#IDesignATSugarLabs<br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#WeCanDoBetter</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div>