voting & power (was: RE: [Theforum] Adding theForum to l.e.o.)
Martin
martin at members.evolt.org
Sat Dec 1 18:36:56 CST 2001
Erika Meyer wrote on 11/26/01 8:34 PM
>My point was that it is important to keep power shared amongst a
>group of people, to have rules or procedures for operation, to follow
>those rules, and to set things up such that no single person (or
>small group) can bring about a catastrophic change in the org...
>that's what I was trying to emphasize.
And I think the other important thing is that having a clear,
fair (and more importantly *visibly* fair) way of changing
how that power is shared (both by changing the methodology
and the people involved) is essential to remaining open.
Particularly as the size increases.
Cheers
Martin
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