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[Andrew Norton]

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On 3/22/2011 11:36 AM, Pat Mächler  wrote:
> Dear Andrew,
> 
> Of course you can blame everyone in the board about the not
> established quorum but I think the least you can blame for are
> actually the co-presidents Gregory and Jerry. They were present at
> almost all scheduled meetings and AFAIK really pushed forward as good
> as they could...e.g. in stark contrast to mister "I'm such a great
> proponent of pirate issues" Bogomil Shopov who didn't turn up at
> almost all meetings and didn't even excuse himself at any time for his
> behaviour.
> 
> When asked about it he wrote me that he thought that the board
> meetings are a waste of time. Fine! But even then he should have had
> the task to do the best out of that and improving the actual
> situation, considering that he was elected by representatives of
> numerous countries who all put good trust in his intentions and
> abilities.
> 
> Why don't you blame those board members that actually did something
> near to nothing? or those who voted in favour of these people?
> respectively sponsored them?

And a responsible chair would have dealt with this issue, not ignored it.

XIII
(8) A Board member may resign at any moment. In case of vacancy a
substitute may be appointed by the Board until the next General
Assembly. If the position of both Co-Chairmen or the Chief
Administrative Officer is vacant, an extraordinary session of the
General Assembly has to be held within the next six (6) months.
Vacancies among other elected members of the Board shall be filled
for the remainder of the term still to be served by the resigning or
deceased holder of the seat by the runners-up in order of election, at
the election in which the resigning or deceased member was elected.

In the case you've stated, non-attendance could be construed as a
de-facto vacancy, and dealt with as provided in the statutes.
Alternatively, a public notification that because of frequent
non-attendance, he had 2 more meetings to start participation, or else
he would have been considered to have resigned. It would have dealt with
things openly (we like open) and clearly (I like things that are clear)
and I like it when problems are dealt with.

And frankly, you want the prestige of the position, you have to take the
greater responsibility. Not dealing with it, ignoring it and hoping it
goes away is not a management style that works. And how can I blame
other board members, or those that voted them in, when the board members
we have, including the leaders, are busy trying to pretend there's
nothing wrong at all? At the same discussion, Gregory ALSO spoke of how
Nicco hadn't been doing anything for month and months. When asked why he
hadn't said anything, he said
14:16:47 «dichter» coretx: nicco is out of communication for months now.
he is not answering mails, phonecals, tweets, or whatever. even the
mails from our auditors. and he is not registered yet, so he might come,
but we do not know it.
14:17:12 «&coretx» That is BAD news.
14:17:25 «dichter» collentine: what do you mean?
14:17:51 «dichter» coretx: this is not news at all. it was mentioned
severall times in the minutes as well.
14:18:01 «K`Tetch_» VERY bad news, why haven't we heard anything publicly?
14:18:05 «K`Tetch_» oh, hidden int he minutes...

And yet if you look at the minutes, it says... nothing of the sort.

If you are the Boss, the 'buck stops with you'. If you then are
accountable to people (like the board is accountable to the GA) but you
'forget' to tell them, the buck still stops with them, because they've
failed to do their job. When the organisation is one about promoting
comunication, but the board can't/won't communicate to the GA ("the
supreme body of Pirate Parties International") You have a MASSIVE
problem (especially if some are using the job to 'make a shack look like
a castle', possibly to help with an election).

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Andrew Norton
http://ktetch.blogspot.com
Tel: (352)6-KTETCH [352-658-3824]
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