On 04/09/18 09:54, Bernhard E. Reiter wrote:
Hi Daniel,
Am Montag 03 September 2018 19:04:25 schrieb Daniel Pocock:
The ideal president or chairperson needs to be somebody who can unite staff, volunteers, fellows, supporters, donors and external parties. To chair meetings, lead effectively and gain respect when representing FSFE publicly, they need to be above the controversial politics we have seen recently and acceptable to everybody.
and how do you find such an ideal person?
In most organizations, they let any member of the community nominate for the position and then all the people can vote. An election.
The president doesn't have to be staff, it could be a volunteer too, we have over 1,500 people in the community and I'm sure there are many good candidates there.
Our anchor person has much to do, a volunteer wouldn't have enough time on her hands to do the job.
The key responsibilities are to prepare for the annual meetings and chair those meetings.
Everything else is optional or could be delegated to staff or other volunteers. Remember the days before email? Somebody could be on various committees and boards and if they stayed home one night they wouldn't hear about any of them.
Perpetuating the current burden on the president only guarantees that nobody else will apply to be in the role, perpetuating the culture that people are complaining about.
Regards,
Daniel