[Theforum] Re: A vote, (was: purpose of theforum)

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Mon Oct 29 18:42:01 CST 2001


Warden, Matt wrote on 29/10/01 6:30 pm

>>That's a great question.  Why not let one or two people who know what's
>>best for evolt.org do it?  Why not?  Tell me.
>
>Forgetting that the question was completely taken out of context...
>
>If they truly know what's best for evolt? Nothing's wrong with that,
>IMO. If you'll recall, there was an argument about this on admin just
>recently.
>
>I don't want to speak for anyone, but I'm guessing there was some quibble
>over who knew what was best for evolt.
>
>But, yeah, theoretically, I'm all for that. 

Odd, Matt - I thought you wanted decisions making in larger groups
like this one.

>Quicker decisions too.

But less open ones.

If you want to enlarge a decision-making body (for example, by
moving decision-making to a body called 'theforum'), then it will
take longer to be open and seen to be so. Democracy doesn't scale
well in terms of speed.

Fortunately, we're not in a hurry to get VC money - the only
timescale is our own impatience.

Cheers
Martin

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